Ruralink works with rural businesses and the land-based community to develop sustainable careers particularly for ex-military staff.

British agriculture, food and the wider land-based sector is changing rapidly. Emerging technology, structural changes and a new regulatory framework provide exciting new opportunities at all levels for people with diverse prior experience. Ex-military personnel have many of the skills and attributes needed at this time of immense change. 

We are proud signatories of The Armed Forces Covenant and actively work to promote and support ex-forces personnel.

We focus on helping individual businesses find and employ ex-military staff, including assistance targeting candidates with a specific skillset, translating their CVs to understand their career history and supporting both parties to bridge any cultural gaps in the early stages of employment.

Wherever you are on your resettlement journey, planning ahead, actively looking for your new career or a couple of years on civvy street and wondering if there is more to life, if you value quality of life, personal fulfilment and making a tangible contribution to your community, farming, food production, land management and a whole host of linked careers on the land may suit you.

You already have the skills, technical qualifications and personality needed on the land and traditional and new roles are coming available every week. But breaking in can be very difficult. 

We are creating a suite of gateway courses to help break down the entry barriers to a land-based follow-on career.

By sponsoring and facilitating The Rural List, we nurture a network of people just like you who benefit from meeting and supporting each other through resettlement and their follow-on career on the land.

WE DO NOT CHARGE RESETTLING PERSONNEL FOR OUR ADVICE

Fiona can also provide 

- Personal career change coaching

- CV writing & editing

- Interview practice

THERE IS NO CHARGE TO SERVING PERSONNEL FOR ANY OF THESE SERVICES

We are actively seeking additional partners across the country to develop focused short courses to qualify highly motivated members of the military community to embark on their follow-on career. If you wish to co-present a course aimed at the military community, please  email courses@ruralink.org.uk.