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Can you be a recruiter if you are an officer?
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Chad
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Most recruiters from the army that I know of are retired, or never actually served, so yes. If you mean serving as a recruiter in the army AS AN OFFICER, then no. You must be enlisted.
NO ARMY CIVILIAN RECRUITERS, REALLY??
"his month (Feb 2002), the Army awarded two civilian companies contracts totaling $172.4 million to hire and manage recruiters for 10 different areas across the nation. The civilians will recruit for the active Army and reserve components in Jackson, Miss.; Oklahoma City; Dayton, Ohio; the Delmarva Peninsula or Eastern Shore of Delaware; Tacoma, Wash.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Wilmington, N.C.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Granite City and Homewood, Ill.
Neither the companies nor the recruiters they're hiring are strangers to the military. Both companies - Military Professional Resources Inc. and Resource Consultants Inc. -- are located in Virginia and have been recruiting for the Army reserve components since 1999. They are currently looking to hire recruiters who have honorably served in the Army.
Former soldiers who were recruiters by military occupational specialty are the most sought after in the hiring process, said Don Tarter, recruiting operations vice president for MPRI. Next are veterans who spent three years as detailed recruiters, or recruited for any of the other military branches. Finally, he said all individuals who have served in the Army and who are sharp, smart and energetic would be considered.
In May, recruiters for MPRI will take over companies in Delmarva and Tacoma and recruiters for RCI will take over recruiting companies in Wilmington, N.C., and Homewood, Ill. Vice presidents at both companies said that they are still in the process of hiring recruiters, and training for those hired will be conducted by the end of March. Station and company managers will be trained by the end of February.
Training for station and company managers may be similar, but both companies operate independently of each other, said Cardell Hunter, recruiting operations vice president for RCI.
Besides the initial training, which will include enlistment eligibility, current enlistment incentives and U.S. Army Recruiting Command policies and procedures, recruiters will have sustainment training to meet the needs of the individual recruiter, Hunter said. They will also receive annual refresher training to stay abreast of Army and USAREC policies, he added.
The contracts were awarded in accordance with the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act, said Douglas Smith, the public affairs officer for U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
"The Department of Defense has said that we will conduct this multi-year test, and we are complying," Smith said.
The contract recruiters, which will be referred to as community-based recruiters by RCI because of their planned visibility in the community, will occupy the remaining stations by the end of October. The test will run through Sept. 30, 2007.
The biggest challenge for the recruiters will be to convince the skeptics that civilians can successfully recruit for the Army, Hunter said. His company's past success should prove that it can be done, he said.
"We have demonstrated excellence in a number of Army programs," Hunter said. "In 1990 the Army awarded us a $168 million Army Career and Alumni Program contract. We also have provided transitional counseling to 1.1 million soldiers. We have recruited over 20,000 young men and women into the Army Reserve or National Guard. Our help desk, which provides counseling to soldiers who are leaving one state Guard unit to go to another, has reduced the attrition rate of Guard soldiers from 16 percent to under 2 percent."
MPRI also claims success in its recruiting efforts for the Army Reserve and National Guard. Since 1999, MPRI has peaked at 85 recruiters augmenting efforts at the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Tarter said. And the company retains about 60 guidance counselors, who are responsible for qualifying the recruits, he added.
Past success got both companies in the door, but they know that the non-believers will watch their recruiters closely.
"Initially we will lose the advantage of the advertisement that the uniform gives, but once initial contact has been made with our recruiters, the Army experience and sincerity will show through to the prospects," Tarter said. "Then the differences between our recruiters and the traditional recruiters fade.
"We will be responsible for the same quotas and we will recruit the same qualified people," he said
Another benefit the community-based recruiters will have is administrative assistants to help eliminate paperwork distractions.
"Our recruiters will be afforded the opportunity to make sales presentations at high schools, colleges and stay deeply involved in the community," Hunter said. "They will know the educators, moms, dads, clergymen and other centers of influence in the community. When the town's sons and daughters go off to basic, our recruiters will still be there when they get back to help facilitate their transition back into the community."
Meeting recruiting quotas and being successful as civilian recruiters are inherent, Hunter said, because failure is not an option.
"The Army realizes that there are a number of jobs that can be outsourced to civilians, and done successfully," Tarter said. "It doesn't have to take well-trained NCOs out of their primary military occupational specialty for detailed tasks." "
NO ARMY CIVILIAN RECRUITERS, REALLY??
"his month (Feb 2002), the Army awarded two civilian companies contracts totaling $172.4 million to hire and manage recruiters for 10 different areas across the nation. The civilians will recruit for the active Army and reserve components in Jackson, Miss.; Oklahoma City; Dayton, Ohio; the Delmarva Peninsula or Eastern Shore of Delaware; Tacoma, Wash.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Wilmington, N.C.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Granite City and Homewood, Ill.
Neither the companies nor the recruiters they're hiring are strangers to the military. Both companies - Military Professional Resources Inc. and Resource Consultants Inc. -- are located in Virginia and have been recruiting for the Army reserve components since 1999. They are currently looking to hire recruiters who have honorably served in the Army.
Former soldiers who were recruiters by military occupational specialty are the most sought after in the hiring process, said Don Tarter, recruiting operations vice president for MPRI. Next are veterans who spent three years as detailed recruiters, or recruited for any of the other military branches. Finally, he said all individuals who have served in the Army and who are sharp, smart and energetic would be considered.
In May, recruiters for MPRI will take over companies in Delmarva and Tacoma and recruiters for RCI will take over recruiting companies in Wilmington, N.C., and Homewood, Ill. Vice presidents at both companies said that they are still in the process of hiring recruiters, and training for those hired will be conducted by the end of March. Station and company managers will be trained by the end of February.
Training for station and company managers may be similar, but both companies operate independently of each other, said Cardell Hunter, recruiting operations vice president for RCI.
Besides the initial training, which will include enlistment eligibility, current enlistment incentives and U.S. Army Recruiting Command policies and procedures, recruiters will have sustainment training to meet the needs of the individual recruiter, Hunter said. They will also receive annual refresher training to stay abreast of Army and USAREC policies, he added.
The contracts were awarded in accordance with the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act, said Douglas Smith, the public affairs officer for U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
"The Department of Defense has said that we will conduct this multi-year test, and we are complying," Smith said.
The contract recruiters, which will be referred to as community-based recruiters by RCI because of their planned visibility in the community, will occupy the remaining stations by the end of October. The test will run through Sept. 30, 2007.
The biggest challenge for the recruiters will be to convince the skeptics that civilians can successfully recruit for the Army, Hunter said. His company's past success should prove that it can be done, he said.
"We have demonstrated excellence in a number of Army programs," Hunter said. "In 1990 the Army awarded us a $168 million Army Career and Alumni Program contract. We also have provided transitional counseling to 1.1 million soldiers. We have recruited over 20,000 young men and women into the Army Reserve or National Guard. Our help desk, which provides counseling to soldiers who are leaving one state Guard unit to go to another, has reduced the attrition rate of Guard soldiers from 16 percent to under 2 percent."
MPRI also claims success in its recruiting efforts for the Army Reserve and National Guard. Since 1999, MPRI has peaked at 85 recruiters augmenting efforts at the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Tarter said. And the company retains about 60 guidance counselors, who are responsible for qualifying the recruits, he added.
Past success got both companies in the door, but they know that the non-believers will watch their recruiters closely.
"Initially we will lose the advantage of the advertisement that the uniform gives, but once initial contact has been made with our recruiters, the Army experience and sincerity will show through to the prospects," Tarter said. "Then the differences between our recruiters and the traditional recruiters fade.
"We will be responsible for the same quotas and we will recruit the same qualified people," he said
Another benefit the community-based recruiters will have is administrative assistants to help eliminate paperwork distractions.
"Our recruiters will be afforded the opportunity to make sales presentations at high schools, colleges and stay deeply involved in the community," Hunter said. "They will know the educators, moms, dads, clergymen and other centers of influence in the community. When the town's sons and daughters go off to basic, our recruiters will still be there when they get back to help facilitate their transition back into the community."
Meeting recruiting quotas and being successful as civilian recruiters are inherent, Hunter said, because failure is not an option.
"The Army realizes that there are a number of jobs that can be outsourced to civilians, and done successfully," Tarter said. "It doesn't have to take well-trained NCOs out of their primary military occupational specialty for detailed tasks." "
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Jake
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you have to be enlisted in the military to be a recruiter because you are enlisting civilians to join you cant be retired and as for the offiocer ive never seen a retention or recruiter that was an officer but you can ask a recruiter
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pawbear53
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Most front line recruiters are enlisted. But, they all have commanding officers.
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Ed J
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Nurse recruiters are.