US Army Recruiter Must Be A Good Communicator

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Legal )



Businesses and organizations have jobs that let people spend their workday talking. So does the government. If you look at them closely, many of these jobs are the same. For instance, there is not much difference between being a lawyer in a big wall street law firm or at the justice department.

A few jobs, however, are more closely associated with the government than the private sector. The jobs of the US Army recruiter, National Guard recruiter, or US Marine recruiter are of this nature. The job of recruiting for the armed forces may be similar to the recruitment functions of legal recruiters, physician recruiters or software sales recruiters in the private sector, but the purpose of the recruitment is unique: military service.

Like any other recruiter, the US Army recruiters have to attract the most qualified people available and match them to the jobs for which they are best suited. The ultimate success of the US Army recruiters' organization will depend on their success in their jobs.

Since the elimination of the draft in the early 1970s, the US Army recruiter has become an important person in the military organization. Before the Army could depend on a steady pool of draftees, but now the organization must compete with the business world to lure the best possible candidates for the service. On top of that, the US Army recruiter must be able to overcome the candidates' possible fear of combat duty.

The US Army recruiters' jobs in many ways require them to be first-class communicators. To become adept, they must attend a two-month recruiting school where they get intensive training in communication skills. The school teaches army recruiters about enlistment options, education opportunities, and occupation specialties available to recruits. They also learn to administer pretest to recruits so they know how they would perform on the actual qualifying exam.


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