Silver and Gold employers are typically recognised for having supportive HR policies for Reserves and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs). By offering employment to service leavers, granting flexible leave for service spouses and partners before and after deployment, and supporting Reservists, you help to ensure that men and women who have done, and continue to do, so much for our nation are treated fairly and with respect; deserving of Defences gratitude.

Those in the Armed Forces are given world class training to develop essential core skills such as leadership, management, planning, problem-solving and communication, directly benefitting those who employ them. 

Best practice can look like:

• Employment of Reservists and support through flexible HR policies.
• Employment of regular service personnel at the end of their engagements and support for their resettlement, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership.
• Employment opportunities for service leavers with more challenging transitions including the wounded, injured and sick.
• Employment of spouses/civil partners of service personnel.
• Joint development of skills in key areas such as engineering, medical, communications and cyber security.
• Career opportunities and support for CFAVs and Cadets.
• Tackling disadvantages faced by service personnel in the consumer market.
• Encouraging supply chain partners and business networks to do all of the above.

Please email Cat Suckling on [email protected] or visit www.wmrfca.org.