I am currently looking at requesting Army recruiter for my next assignment. What does the daily life looks like for recruiters now?

I was DA selected for recruiting in 2012, recruited from 2012 to 2015, then left AD. First a disclaimer. Recruiting is different everywhere, command has a lot to do with it, as does the demographics of your area. I'll start with the good. No field, no CQ/SD, no deployments. You will go home every night (maybe not at a reasonable time, but you will). You work out in the community, plenty of opportunities to help people, plenty of opportunity to network (great if you are planning to get out). Now for the bad. No Soldiers to train or mentor. (Recruits make up for this in a sense, but not really.) In recruiting, literally the only thing that matters is numbers. Your success, NCOERS and quality of life depends on numbers, not just your own, but the entire station and to a lesser extent, the company and BN. Never have I seen so many "leaders" forget the Army values and NCO creed in pursuit of the all mighty mission. I have seen literal felony level fraud be swept under the rug and condoned. Never have I been so pressured (overtly and otherwise) to forsake my integrity for the sake of getting a contract. 79Rs seem to often forget that the kids we put in will go to war alongside our brothers and sisters, and don't care what kind of trash gets in, as long as they make their mission. Lastly, it doesn't matter what you do, if someone doesn't sign, or signs and then becomes disqualified or backs out, it is always your fault, and a direct reflection of your failings as a person, Soldier and NCO. The job is physically easy, but very stressful and emotionally draining. Ultimately, my time in recruiting made me question my commitment to the Army...

I was a Recruiter in 1980 to 1982, One month I was asked to put more people in than my quota, as the District was not going to make mission, at the time my mission was 1 1A HS grad, 1 senior 1 female, 1 Prior service. I put in 12 people that month to help the District. I got a call that the Colonel wanted to talk to me, I thought great, he's going to commend me for putting in 12 when my mission was 4. I got there and got a letter telling me I failed to make mission because I did not enlist a female. 2 months later they wanted to know if I wanted to extend my time on Recruiting Duty, I went back to the Infantry, at least there I could identify the enemy

Fly south like a bird in Winter my friend. As far south as you can go. And when you think you've gone as far as you can go, continue further until you run into Trumps wall. Recruiting in the north is hell. Winter is coming, and winter has arrived. I want to be as ominous as possible because you should go Drill Sergeant and never speak of this again.

Pretty much the 9th circle of the Inferno.

It was 36 1 month tours. Hero to zero overnight. It was pretty tough. At least for the Marine side of the house. We worked as much as the Army and Navy. M-F was usually 12 hours. Sat was around 6-8 and Sunday was shipping. If you are a stud and getting your mission plus every month, you can work your own hours, that is if your station as a whole is on track to make mission. If not, you suffer as well.

There was a valuable benefit you learn as a recruiter and that is communication skills. It helped me grow as a leader and 14 years later helps me at my civ job.

Are you married? Do you still wanna be married? USAREC eats its own. No matter how many you put in boots. The beast is never satisfied. But if you do it. Have fun with it. You have to put on the salesman hat 24 hrs a day. And a word of advice. When you get your business cards. Put the year calendar on the back. Hand out 100 cards a day no matter what. Even if they don't want to enlist. Tell them there is a calendar on the back. 30% will come back to you. That's how I was successful in NYC Staten Island

The command does not care about you, they care about making their mission. Get a divorce, tell your kids you will see them in 3 years and start taking anger management classes.

You could just shove a glass tube up your peehole and then smash your junk with a hammer and you will get a similar feeling.

I hope you like talking on the telephone, and working late into the night to make you cold calls as required. I did not like it but then I did not like anything that did not involve jumping from an airplane while in flight or being a paratrooper.

36-months of resetting your recruiting quota for each and every month, looooong 3-years. Best advice, be honest to your applicants, word of mouth recruiting goes a very long way.