2: Episode 2: Peter Kelly- Former Royal Marine & CEO 'Imployable' App
Wild Ones Podcast
English - January 08, 2020 21:19 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBDocumentary Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
EPISODE 2 - Peter Kelly former Royal Marine & CEO of ‘Imployable’
From a tough childhood to becoming a Royal Marine. Leaving the Marines to finding himself unemployed, Pete has repurposed his skills & now runs an incredibly successful Tech Company (IMPLOYABLE) that helps people find meaningful employment.
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Show Notes
- Childhood vulnerability
- A career in the Royal Marines (trigger warning - Afghanistan related material)
- Being emotionally detached
- Losing a colleague (L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley RM)
- Stress within a conflict zone
- PTSD & mental health
- Leaving the Royal Marines & coping with a year of unemployment
- Learning from scratch & becoming a Tech Entrepreneur
- Starting his own business & becoming a successful CEO with 12 staff & nationally recognised awards
- Forgiving your past
- Do what you love, repurposing & helping people into meaningful employment
- Providing uniformed service leavers with a one stop shop for a successful transition & future employment
- Staying grounded but successful
- What the future holds & BIG adventures!
Episode web links:
- https://imployable.me/about-us/
- https://imployable.me/
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business/imployable-app-ex-marine-finding-right-job-new-career/
- https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus
- https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines
Need some support:
- https://www.mind.org.uk/
- https://www.samaritans.org/
- https://rock2recovery.co.uk/
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- https://www.plymouthgin.co.uk
- https://www.redrok.co.uk
- https://www.plymoutharmedforcesawards.co.uk
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In memory of:
L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley Royal Marines
29/07/1988 to 24/12/2008