{"id":146400,"date":"2023-08-26T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146400"},"modified":"2023-08-26T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:28:19","slug":"generation-z-marine-provides-suggestions-for-recruiting-from-his-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146400","title":{"rendered":"Generation Z Marine provides suggestions for recruiting from his generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/recruiters.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Matthew Weiss is 25 years old, a member of Generation Z. Prior to his commissioning as a Marine Corps officer, he had experience with a company that specialized in artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems. Weiss noted how this organization attracted new talent after they graduated from college. He wrote a book that addresses one way the recruiting challenge could be navigated.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From Military.com:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For starters, the book says Gen Z needs an impact they can strive toward; a unique calling, bigger than the individual. Weiss suggests determined mentorship, where Gen Z service members would provide a certain number of hours per year talking to potential recruits, a &#8220;Z-Z, heart-heart meaning discussion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weiss also believes the current military pay structure is &#8220;incongruous&#8221; for a generation that watches their peers gain followers on social media. In their mind, better performance should mean more money. To that end, he suggests performance bonuses be added to military pay for those who succeed.<\/p>\n<p>A somewhat counterintuitive suggestion Weiss offers is rooted in Gen Z&#8217;s connection to devices. Some, Weiss believes, are being &#8220;crushed&#8221; by the &#8220;constant pinging,&#8221; causing them to crave time to be unplugged from the rest of the world. The military can offer this like no other institution, he says, with real-world responsibilities and experiences away from their devices.<\/p>\n<p>Those are just a few interesting examples. In all, Weiss offers 21 chapters of fact-based problems and solutions written with &#8220;the intention of diagnosing and solving a real and serious issue facing our nation,&#8221; coming from the personal experiences of a Gen Z military officer who did a lot of research to help solve it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We Don&#8217;t Want You, Uncle Sam: Examining the Military Recruiting Crisis with Generation Z&#8221; is on sale now in both paperback and on Amazon Kindle e-readers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Military.com provides the balance of the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/off-duty\/books\/2023\/08\/22\/gen-z-marine-explores-solutions-militarys-recruiting-crisis-we-dont-want-you-uncle-sam.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Matthew Weiss is 25 years old, a member of Generation Z. 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