Cardow AImbeau J-SSun J2023-07-232019-06-172023-07-232019-06-17Finding Meaning: a talking points brief on underemployment of service personnel, 2019, 2, pp. 1 - 8 (8)http://hdl.handle.net/10179/14724NZDF provides transition programmes for military personnel, these programmes have not been seen by the individual as being ‘useful’. It is this desire to be useful that makes an ex-service person a valuable employee. However most service personnel leave without a civilian or trade qualification. It takes them a long time to get a job. In addition even those that leave with a qualification that is recognised in the civilian world find themselves ‘starting over’ and their years of service ignored or discounted.1 - 8 (8)The Author(s)Employmentex service personnelNZDFreport424079Massey_Dark