How do I become a recruiter?

2018-03-17T23:16:15-04:00

My goal is to go Officer eventually but I rly wanna become a recruiter (don’t ask me why) I’m going in as specialist but can I make SGT and once that happens volunteer for recruiting? What are my chances?

Response by CW3 Jeff Held made Mar 17 at 2018 11:27 PM

2018-03-17T23:27:43-04:00

If it still exists, Why don’t you ask your Recruiter if (and how) you can apply for the “Hometown Recruiter Program”? If selected you could return home after Basic and AIT and work out of a nearby Recruiting office going to high schools, colleges, and other recruiting events. That would give you a good idea how the job is.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Mar 17 at 2018 11:41 PM

2018-03-17T23:41:05-04:00

I am shocked that you want to be one. They usually have vacancies. Be careful

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 18 at 2018 12:02 AM

2018-03-18T00:02:22-04:00

Be careful of you wish for.

Response by CPT Andrew Wright made Mar 18 at 2018 1:29 AM

2018-03-18T01:29:39-04:00

Use your Chain of Command. Go to your Recruiter, Station Commander, and his First Sergeant to request their Battalion Command Sergeant Major open an assignment for you locally. Best of Luck!

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 18 at 2018 1:09 PM

2018-03-18T13:09:58-04:00

I know you said not to ask why, but WHY? There are exceptions, but most folks loath their time in USAREC. Lord knows I did. I have nightmares about getting pulled back into the fold as an Officer.

Response by MAJ Bryan Zeski made Mar 19 at 2018 10:24 AM

2018-03-19T10:24:53-04:00

SPC Private RallyPoint Member If your goal is to go Officer - why think about "eventually"? As an Officer, you'll have more influence on the system and individual Soldiers. Officers also get to go to recruiting Commands and as an Officer, you'd have more influence on helping future Soldiers.

Come to the dark side as early as possible and be the change the Recruiting Command needs!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2018 2:13 AM

2018-03-20T02:13:48-04:00

If the Army has uped the sdap pay and lowered recruiter qualifications and made a lot more waverable and also offering an extra 500 a month on top of sdap for annual extension of the assignment it’s probably not a good sign. Lol

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2018 2:15 AM

2018-03-20T02:15:45-04:00

Sorry needed to answer your question. I’m tracking you need to be a SGT promotable. But this means little as by the time your looking into it the standards will probably be different.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2020 6:49 AM

2020-06-12T06:49:19-04:00

Don't do it! They'll put you at least 4 hours at a minimum from wherever you are from.

Additionally you aren't allowed to be friends with anyone that is associated in anyway with anyone that may even be slightly interested in joining any branch.

You pretty much get lined up and fucked as an office if not enough people join, and some of the other recruiters will lay around the office and write walk ins, pretty much pretend like they went and found them, while you're out talking to people getting nobody to join.

The politics within a recruiting command is ridiculous too. They will fail you in every way imaginable. PCS? You won't get reimbursed for a very long time.
BAH- homie they will jack up your pay and the guy you talk to about it is about 4-5 hours away and never picks up the phone.
Qual Boards- will make you drive 4-5 hours to get qualified for the job that they already have you doing.
No work phone, no work computer, and no business cards for the first 2 months, even though they've been expecting you for over a year.
Civilians don't believe a word you say
Most civilians can't pass a drug test
Most civilians can't pass the ASVAB Test
Most civilians have medical issues that would result in them not being able to join if they are honest about them.
If you don't make your goal for the month you can expect to be at work everyday from 0800 till 2030. Monday-Saturday and possibly Sunday too.

Saw a guy get transferred out because a Future Sailor's mom sent a nude.

The Chain of Command is literally looking for a way to fuck you and make an example out of you even if you didn't do anything wrong, even if you didn't do what you were accused of.

You'll be working for a bunch of people that couldn't handle the regular military so they went career recruiter, and the regular members on recruiting duty pretty much are getting ran like a Gestapo so that the upper chain doesnt get their MOS swapped back to what they were before and sent back to what they used to do. Additionally they say they put the most people in when they were regular recruiters but they worked in high populated areas with people bound and determined to get in and change their life. They aren't special, they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. They have no idea what it's like to recruit in a low population density where most people aren't qualified to join, or don't want to. They get put in charge of making sure those areas make goal, and threaten the fuck out of them to make it happen, and the accuse you of not doing your job, even when you spend 12 hours a day doing your job diligently.

Other branches recruiters bash your branch to try and persuade them to join their branch, making them not want to join any branch at all.

I highly recommend that you don't volunteer to go recruiting and that you only go if you're being voluntold to go.