Each year the Navy mobility teams organize local forums

Finished career soldiers who spent the whole of their working life in the Navy and did bag to land only on the day of retirement. "Today, says Commander Valérie Vessier, one of the leaders of naval mobility, specialty service in the return to civilian life of sailors, we are looking for young collaborators since the average age of on-board personnel is 28 years old and 31 years for those who are on Earth. In these conditions, over 3,000 non-commissioned officers and officers emerge each year numbers after a period of contracts and commitments which may vary from one year to more than 25 years", continues Valérie Vessier.

That these frameworks, which some believed married the French flag forever, are not as bottles to the sea, the Navy created Navy mobility. The service entrusted to a team of 79 persons occurs everywhere where are installed troops with 10 regional offices.

Valérie Vessier pilot of Brest and Lorient teams hosting each year 600 sailors in need of conversion. They use the services of Marine mobility only if they wish and to ensure a maximum of discretion, the offices of each of the settlements of this service are located outside the military enclosures. Brest, the premises are in the city. "More personal come see us up their next departure, better we help them in their journey, continued the specialist." The first contact is generally difficult for executives, most wonder how their experience can be of interest to private companies. It is for us to demonstrate that their skills have real value.

Unexpected partners

From this observation, Marine mobility, managed by officers and NCOs trained in techniques of human resources, has concocted custom routes that start by a balance of skills to lead to the development of a professional project. "According to the obtained choices, we offer opportunities for internships at the map and this for several months to saddle the outgoing military", continues the Commander Vessier. It is also planned to leave for the conversion of a maximum of one year to enable long training for example.

This is the solution chosen by Lieutenant-Commander Robert Devainon, who left the uniform in 2001 after 30 years of faithful service in the Navy. "I was a specialist of torpedoes and sonar, I knew perfectly my military job was directly interested person," says one who is now Director of litigation and the shipping company CMA CGM sales in Marseille.

With the help of naval mobility, he first determined its choice and highlighted his skills. "The army brings us rigour, the meaning of the Organization, teamwork, conscientiousness and punctuality but also a real ability to adapt as changing trade and trust every two years." "From these assets, I wanted rather towards me trade," continues to Robert Devainon.

After a continuous formation of several months for a third cycle of business engineer, he immediately joined CMA CGM where 4 other ex-marins are now executives in IFA service transport of hazardous materials, management of containers, in the Brazilian establishment of the group. "And I come to recruit an Assistant who is also a former soldier," said still Robert Devainon, since the direction of human resources of CMA CGM "appreciate how we are wired", says.

If Navy mobility rather positive reclassification figures with 75 of personnel having found a position less than a year after their departure from the institution, the sustainability of this result through relationships with businesses.

Each year, the Navy mobility teams organize local forums. The one held recently in Toulon, another to be held in Brest. "It brought together there, says Valérie Vessier, 45 local and national companies and 900 candidates initially visited the stands and left the curriculum vitae." Groups such as Veolia are regularly present in this type of forum as CMA CGM, but also the most unexpected companies such as Ikea. "This Distributor will open a new store in Brest and research collaborators that have serious experience in organization," Notes Manager.

Behavioural skills

Alpha Laval, filtration, trade group composed of employees 9.500(2) fluid transfer and thermal divided between a hundred countries, is also very old sailors friand "because they have extremely desired behavioural skills including in compliance with rules," States on human resources management.

More regional companies like the airline Brit Air are also regularly call Navy mobility for some of its pilots for example needs.

"We follow developments societal French, continuous Valérie Vessier." The most difficult to convert staff is composed of persons over 50 years, it often senior officers for a coaching typically Commission position. "The Royal has the means of spend them much time to succeed, since these former soldiers tracking continues during the three years following their abandonment of the uniform.