Commsworld has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, a Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which recognises businesses and 组织s who demonstrate a support for armed forces personnel, 退伍军人及其家属.
The UK’s largest independent network provider gained a bronze award as part of the scheme for its enhanced commitment to armed forces communities.
This commitment will see Commsworld Group – including Commsworld and Essential Cloud Solutions – promote itself as being open to employing reservists, veterans – including those wounded, injured and sick – cadet instructors and partners of those in the military.
布鲁斯·斯特朗, Commsworld Chief Operating Officer, signed the Armed Forces Covenant on behalf of the Edinburgh-headquartered company. He said everyone at the business was firmly behind the move, and wanted to show ex-servicemen and women that Commsworld was openly committed to treating them with fairness and respect, providing them with meaningful employment opportunities.
He said: “Commsworld is delighted to have achieved the Ministry of Defence’s Bronze award through the Employer Recognition Scheme. It shows we are armed forces-friendly and open to providing those who serve or have served in the military, reservists as well as their spouses and partners, 有熟练的工作机会.
“We take great pride in receiving this award and see it as an important chapter in our ongoing development as a business that aims to foster diversity across its entire workforce, develop our people and add real value to what we do.
“This diversity includes taking on ex-military personnel and reservists who show characteristics of leadership, 组织, 适应力和纪律, developed from their military background. 这仅仅是个开始. I look forward to continuing supporting the armed forces community and charities.”
比德-埃瑟林顿, Project Manager with Essential Cloud Solutions, 是Commsworld集团的一部分, said: “I was commissioned into the infantry in 1984 and have served in six out of seven continents. 我的第一份工作是在香港, a great eye opener when it came to seeing a different part of the world and culture – a place, 就像我贴过的很多帖子一样, that I would never have had the opportunity to visit otherwise. This was followed by postings in Australia, Belize, Canada, Kuwait, and Oman amongst others.
“我在2007年离开了军队. Since then I have worked in IT and project management for some huge companies, 也为我自己, 并于2020年加入ECS. I found that my military background helped me to get on with the job, get on with my colleagues and get on with life. It sounds so simple, but they have stood me in good stead all these years.
“The Armed Forces Covenant is hugely encouraging as it shows military people how they do have vital skills in this line of work. It’s easy to think that you can’t do such a job because you don’t have many qualifications, but the experiences that people from the Armed Forces have, 看到不同的文化, countries and meeting a huge variety of different people along the way, 是无价的.
“It is surprising how many former military people I have come across in my line of work, some of whom like me are not from a technical background. This is due to the fact that forward-thinking companies like Commsworld see the value that people from the Armed Forces can bring to their 组织.”