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Why Organisations Should Consider the Armed Forces Community for Roles

4 September 2026

Why Organisations Should Consider the Armed Forces Community for Roles

Here at
The ONE Group

, we are passionate about helping candidates find their perfect jobs and clients find their perfect match, however, working-age veterans are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as their equivalents in the UK general population (11% vs 6%). This equals around 120,000 unemployed veterans. Therefore, we have written this blog to help raise awareness of this fantastic candidate pool to our network.

British Forces Resettlement Services is a Social Enterprise that was set up to help the Armed Forces Community and their families, primarily during resettlement, but also beyond, they help people to understand future career options, to build essential networks, and engage with people and organisations who can help with the preparation and/or offer employment.


With over 200 trades in the Army alone

, many Service Leavers are highly skilled and experienced in a range of roles such as Engineering, Project Management, HR, Policing, Transport, Logistics, IT, and Communications – all easily transferable to the average workplace. Organisations that employ Service Leavers report that they exhibit much-needed cross-functional skills, notably team-working, motivating others, powers of communication, problem-solving, organisational skills, and strategic thinking, Service Leavers also have excellent leadership skills, with increasing responsibilities placed on them as they progress through the ranks. 

BFRS’s key service is their National Employment & Career fairs, held throughout the UK where people and organisations can engage on a ‘one to one’ basis. To find out more about where the team wil be visit:
www.bfrss.org.uk/Events

. They have employers, training providers, and help and advice stations for Service Leavers and their families. The majority of the BFRS team have also served in the military or been a part of the Armed Forces Community.

If you think your organisation would like to benefit from having a highly skilled Service Leaver or you are/know a Service Leaver, please get in touch with BFRS on
info@bfrss.org.uk

or 02476 939931.

British Forces Resettlement ServicesLinkedIn:


https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-forces-resettlement-services/

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

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