KevIn the past, recruitment agencies and businesses have begun their recruitment selection process by seeking graduate level students, experienced sales personnel and proven recruitment professionals etc.

At Reveille Blue we are working with HM Forces to identify, educate and train service leavers about the industry who may otherwise be lost to our service sector.

Our aim is to offer service leavers an extensive and first class recruitment training programme that allows them the first steps into the recruitment industry and on completion of the 2 week training course we will introduce the trainees to recruitment companies for roles and industries best suited to their aptitude, previous industry experience and personality.

Founder Kev Jones spent 6 years in the Armed Forces, and without any recognised Academic Qualifications, found opportunities to move into the recruitment industry were limited and far between.

He finally was given an opportunity by an employer who recognised and acknowledged his personal skills built up during his time in the Forces, coupled with his determination to succeed, and who recognised that employees from the ‘University of Life’ could offer so much…within 6 months, he was the top recruiter within the organisation and within 12 months he was Sales Manager, running a team of 5 people.

Kev has spent over 16 years in recruitment, working in every capacity and running his own IT Recruitment agency for over 8 years.

He recognised that training currently being offered as part of the resettlement courses are dated and limited, service leavers without any academic or vocational qualifications are ‘pushed’ towards roles that are unsuitable, when they have so much more to offer.

They are not currently aware of other career routes where they can utilise their excellent transferable and soft skills and can build a successful and rewarding career in recruitment.

He understands the transition from Military to civilian life and the importance of utilising the resettlement period carefully. He is looking to educate service leavers that they have so much to offer and with the correct training, they can take their first steps on the recruitment industry ladder.

He is keen to make his mark in the industry and fulfill his ambition to help raise the standard of professionalism across the UK recruitment industry; just weeks on from the launch of the Academy, over 20 recruitment companies had signed up to partner the Academy, as they recognise that service leavers who have completed the course, have a real taste of working life in recruitment, can hit the floor running from day one and offer exceptional skills in team work, discipline, communication, great working ethics, delivering under pressure, integrity and loyalty and discipline gained from their time in the services.