Civvy Street Forum

...Come on all you squaddies/ex squaddies,don`t be shy "let`s be `avin yer",as a Norwich City Director once said

Let`s look at it this way, the more we get on here,then I suppose the more help we can offer each other

There is more of you out there because you can tell by the number of views,all be it a few,but I`m sure we can spread the word..let`s say

But please..DON`T BE SHY

You want to know the secreat to getting a job? send a CV to every single employer in the world, garanteed that you will get someink sometime somewhere =P, well thats my plan anyway haha!

Any who, just done my CTW and off to resettlement training next week ^^, totally getting into civvy mode, specially after 6 weeks of leave. Going into Telecommunications, so if anyone hears anything anytime, you know where i am ^^.

Hi, I am newcomer just left forces in January and am loving it. I suppose I was also lucky as I have a new job already but trying to get a house is ridiculous, iv had my name on all my local housing assossations and council for well over 6 months and not one offer yet, I think im 200 something on the list! My husband is still in the Army so we have a quarter just now but i wanted(as most do) to go home and settle back in Scotland. No offence to my husband but I dont want to drag my 3 year old all over the world , thats why I got out, so I wouldnt have to leave my son all the time and could settle him in one place!     I have even e-mailed my local MP about my situation but no reply yet as i should have known. The government arent interested in us, they only care about junkies, pregnant teenagers, asylum seekers! Doing 8 years, serving in Afghanistan etc, paying council tax, income tax and national insurance for all that time dont count for nothing! Anyway good luck to all service leavers out there, civvy street is the way ahead.