Support for Service Leavers & Veterans

Support for Service Leavers & Veterans

As you transition from military to civilian life, it is important you know what support and advice is available to you. Hire a Hero is a charity that supports Service Leavers through the transition into civilian life.

We work in partnership with public, private and third sector organisations to provide a network of support and to signpost service leavers to the most appropriate resources as required.

For many service leavers civilian life can be a confusing, chaotic place; the charity, through its network of businesses, career coaches and volunteers provides a consistent source of support to service leavers.

Essential to the Hire a Hero way of working is the individualised support provided and the connection maintained through the transition period.

Hire a Hero helps service leavers to make better informed choices as well as connecting them with businesses for potential employment.

How we can help?
Hire a Hero has a one-to-one career coaching service available for all Service Leavers & Veterans regardless service, time served, reason for discharge, and rank upon discharge.

A Career Coach can support you by:-
• Offering employment advice and guidance
• Helping you write a CV that is ready for the civilian world
• Help with Covering Letters
• Assisting with job applications
• Interview preparation and techniques

Our Career Coaching service has no geographical barriers, as all contact is conducted online, via email, phone, and Skype.

If you think a Career Coach could help you in your transition get in touch here.

Job Board
Hire a Hero has a dedicated job board for all Service Leavers & Veterans. We source job opportunities from businesses and companies who realise the potential of Service Leavers & Veterans have to offer to the civilian job market.

As a charity we try to provide jobs across all sectors, locations and varied salaries. If you would like to visit our job board, or to apply for a role we are advertising please visit here.

Other Support
Hire a Hero has a broad network of businesses and organisations that are able to support in other areas of your transition, such as housing, and finance. We are able to signpost you to other charities and organisations who will be able to support with these matters. Contact us here for more info.

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Warehouse Associate / Sheffield / £8.91 ph

Fancy delivers grocery store items across the city in under 30 mins. Customers place an order via the app and then our warehouse associates pick and pack the order and hand it over to one of our drivers to deliver! We’re growing fast and looking for more people to join our great team.
Shift Lead / Sheffield / £12 ph

Fancy delivers grocery store items across the city in under 30 mins. Customers place an order via the app and then our warehouse associates pick and pack the order and hand it over to one of our drivers to deliver! We’re growing fast and looking for more people to join our great team.
Production Operative / North Yorkshire / £315 pw

Based in the market town of Malton which is Yorkshires food capital, Malton is our largest site and is also where our head office is based. The site offers a full processing operation from slaughter line, primary and secondary processing producing fresh pork and gammon which we distribute across the UK and internationally.
Butcher / North Yorkshire / £525 - £620 per week DOE

We are an award-winning site, having received accolades from many customers and accredited organisations. We are the only site in the UK to hold the USDA licence for exporting to US and China, something we are extremely proud of and work hard to retain.

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