Ex-police on to beat talent shortages for Aker Solutions
6 February 2013
Following the ongoing success of a scheme bringing ex-military recruits into the business, oil and gas services firm Aker Solutions tells Recruiter that the next talent pool it will be fishing in is the ex-police community.
Thu, 7 Feb 2013
Following the ongoing success of a scheme bringing ex-military recruits into the business, oil and gas services firm Aker Solutions tells Recruiter that the next talent pool it will be fishing in is the ex-police community.
The company has over 100 ex-forces personnel within its subsea business, and is both working through the Ministry of Defence’s Career Transition Partnership and operating its own on-site industry days.
Aker has also won Royal Academy of Engineering funding to develop a forces development programme for outgoing servicemen and women, Matt Corbin, managing director of the UK subsea business tells Recruiter.
It will continue to recruit soldiers, sailors and airmen, but resourcing manager Greg Findlay says that within six to 12 months they will launch a police career transition programme to bring ex-Police talent in to other parts of the business.
Speaking to Recruiter, Findlay says police would bring in valuable experience and aptitude to the business “in terms of certain people skills and [understanding] development, structures and regulations”.
The “detailed and structured mindset” of police would make them ideal for stepping into certain people management, project management, co-ordination and health & safety roles, Findlay adds.
Currently, many police in the UK retire in their 50s, although pending pension reforms mean newer and future officers will have to work longer than the current cohort.
Aker will confirm further details as the scheme is developed and launch date approaches.
Following the ongoing success of a scheme bringing ex-military recruits into the business, oil and gas services firm Aker Solutions tells Recruiter that the next talent pool it will be fishing in is the ex-police community.
The company has over 100 ex-forces personnel within its subsea business, and is both working through the Ministry of Defence’s Career Transition Partnership and operating its own on-site industry days.
Aker has also won Royal Academy of Engineering funding to develop a forces development programme for outgoing servicemen and women, Matt Corbin, managing director of the UK subsea business tells Recruiter.
It will continue to recruit soldiers, sailors and airmen, but resourcing manager Greg Findlay says that within six to 12 months they will launch a police career transition programme to bring ex-Police talent in to other parts of the business.
Speaking to Recruiter, Findlay says police would bring in valuable experience and aptitude to the business “in terms of certain people skills and [understanding] development, structures and regulations”.
The “detailed and structured mindset” of police would make them ideal for stepping into certain people management, project management, co-ordination and health & safety roles, Findlay adds.
Currently, many police in the UK retire in their 50s, although pending pension reforms mean newer and future officers will have to work longer than the current cohort.
Aker will confirm further details as the scheme is developed and launch date approaches.
- For more from Findlay on the challenges of recruiting in a skills-short market, see 'Non-EU hiring: could be better, could be worse' (recruiter.co.uk, 4 February).
