Ep.9 Your Skills and Experience are Sought After! - Senior Rail Industry Leader - Michael Pattinson

Michael Pattinson is a Senior Rail Industry Leader and has an extensive career history in Project and Programme Management and Transformational Change and is now Head of the Digital Factory within Network Rail.  Network Rail is the owner, operator and infrastructure manager of Britain's main railway network, which includes 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and thousands of signals, level crossings and stations including 20 of the largest stations in the UK and employing around 40,000 staff and contractors.  In this episode, Michael talks about the influence his humble upbringing in the North East had on him and how it has shaped his leadership style today.  He also talks about the benefits that he sees in bringing Emergency Service professionals and Military leavers into the public and private sector and about three key factors for doing so:  We have an inbuilt sense of purpose Our skills and experience ARE relevant to business The importance of having different people, thinking differently within organisations He discusses the future of IT within Network Rail and the significant opportunities that will bring. He also gives some fantastic advice around CV's and interviews and the importance of making the right first impression but also how to deal with failure. Michael is a big supporter of the Blue Light Leavers Group, the emergency services and military personnel, previously kindly organising an IT careers evening for us and I promise, this is a great interview. Don't forget, you can join the Private Facebook group at : www.facebook.com/groups/bluelightleavers You can also access my free Emergency Service Professional's Guide to LinkedIn via this link: https://www.bluelightleavers.com/pl/95723 If you like what you've heard, please subscribe, leave a review and share and come and join us in our Private Facebook Group.