S4E2 – Tom Moore- How ‘WithYouWithMe’ is Disrupting Normal - a podcast by Ben Pronk, DSC & Tim Curtis

from 2022-03-08T08:30

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Tom Moore is the CEO of WithYouWithMe (WYWM) a social impact company, founded by Veterans – it was started with the sole mission of solving veteran underemployment. Indeed when transitioning from the military to civilian life, Tom struggled to gain meaningful employment. WYWM now includes neurodivergent, gender-diverse, military spouses, and Indigenous populations. They support veterans and others (for free!) by offering our testing, training, and job search function (once again, for free!) on their platform to help identify their best matched career path, learn their job-ready skills, and land their first job.

We talk with Tom about his life in uniform and how WYWM delivers value to employers.

In 2019, WYWM won Deloitte’s Tech Fast 50 and Tech Fast 500 programs because of its explosive growth rate of 13,361 per cent….. unbelievable success and you’ll love the philosophies that they implement and embrace.

04:25 Tom gives his background in the Army and what led to him leaving.

06:00 Why the resume approach is broken.

10:20 Why veteran resumes are misunderstood…. And how to better represent military skills.

15:00 How to showcase how people can do things…. That people didn’t think they could!

20:20 What were the nature of Tom’s injuries?

22:55 If Tom wasn’t happy in the military why did he want to stay?

30:00 What was transferrable from the military?

35:10 What keeps Tom going through the tough times?

43:00 Founders and vulnerability, fear and focus

45:20 Is there a shift in hiring stigmas?

49:10 How does WYWM make sure that there aren’t too many generals?

Find out more here: https://withyouwithme.com