![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/00recruiting-02-superJumbo-300x240.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seems like just last month Christine Wormouth, the Secretary of the Army, said the Army might be a few thousand short of its new recruiting goals. Actually, they are signing up about 50,000 of their goal of 65,000, even with the added pre-Basic programs to help underachievers pass the ASVAB and pre-enlistment PT standards.<\/p>\n
From the 9 September post:<\/p>\n
The service previously refused to release detailed in-progress recruiting numbers, though Wormuth said she believes the service will bring in between 50,000 and 55,000 new active duty soldiers out of a goal of 65,000, according to Stars and Stripes.\u00a0 Army Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But as of Tuesday it became more clear:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not been recruiting very well for many more years than one would think from just looking at the headlines in the last 18 months,\u201d Wormuth said, adding that the Army hasn\u2019t met its annual goal for new enlistment contracts since 2014. PBS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are changes in sight, though.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vast majority of people who are out there making employment decisions are people who have more than a high school education,\u201d Wormuth said. \u201cWe need to figure out how to talk to that much broader labor market.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said that as more students go on to college, high school graduates now make up just 15 percent to 20 percent of the labor market. And the Army gets about half of its recruits from that shrinking population.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not abandoning the high school market by any means,\u201d Wormuth said, but by 2028 she wants the Army to have one-third of its recruits to have more than a high school diploma, rather than the current one-fifth,.<\/p>\n
The other major change, which will begin to form in the coming months, is the transition to a professional recruiting workforce. Rather than using soldiers who are \u201cvoluntold\u201d to take on a special assignment as recruiters, the Army is establishing a new permanent and specialized enlistment workforce.<\/p>\n
There are currently about 8,000 Army recruiters, and only a bit more than a third have recruiting as their actual job classification.<\/p>\n
The change will mirror how private companies work and will take several years. But Wormuth said the Army will quickly start a pilot program to begin identifying and training the new force. As part of the process, the Army will use a new aptitude test designed to identify soldiers who have a higher potential for being successful recruiters. PBS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Wait, I signed up for XXX – whaddya mean you think I can sell? I signed up for XXX.”<\/p>\n
Sounds like the recruiting CMF will expand – oh, and Recruiting head will be a three-star on a four-year assignment. Because we need another three-star slot, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"