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

Andrew-- as a former 1975 recruiter and later a USAREC Army Reserve Operations Officer I will tell you that you will have no life and marriages gailbecsuse if it. However it was the most rewarding part of my dirty years if military service. Hooah

Go Drill!!!!!!!

Was a Navy Recruiter from 1988-1992 I think being an Army Recruiter is the hardest job in any Military service!! You could put 20 people in that scored a 99 on the ASVAB but it would not matter, because you did not make your mission because you did not hit the flavors they assigned you. Run and like some one else said go Drill Sargent and never speak of this again!!

Run, fast the other way. I did it for 36 months. 20% chance it will be the best job you ever had and 80% chance you will be hating life. Only 20% make mission. I was convinced like 95% of my peers that I would be successful and I was rarely correct. If you have to, try for a small station in a conservative town. You probably will not have a choice. Also, type outgoing personalities do better. Don't listen when the SGM is screaming at you and calling you a turd like everyone else who doesn't make mission. "8 to 8 no mission to great" was our motto. We had mandatory hours Monday through Saturday. Say goodbye to your loved ones, because you will only see them on Sundays. On the bright side, the actual recruiting part is a lot of fun. It felt great helping change young lives for the better.

When I was recruiting from 86 to 88, the leadership style in recruiting was demand, threaten, and punish. From the comments here, it doesn't seem it has changed much.

Well, as for me, it was a time in my career that really hurt. I was selected, of course, and at first I wanted to fail the recruiter course. It sounded like a great plan but I could never do that to myself. Just to give you a little perspective, our class had a total number of 73 students. Of that, only three of them were volunteers. And two of the three volunteers were prior recruiters. Recruiting is a thankless job. I was blessed to have a supporting cast to help me along the way. My tour was extended for 12 months so that meant being on recruiting duty for a total of 4 years. Depression(nothing serious) kicked in when I received the email just 6 months prior to my projected PCS date. This was during the peak time of the war, 2001 thru 2005. Our Brigade and Battalion were riding high making mission box month after month. I was able to earn my ring on the last contract before go back to the REAL army. I miss my fellow recruiters but I definitely do not miss recruiting.

I got sent on recruiting duty, even though I requested Instructor duty. It took me away from my tech field, and I pretty much had to relearn everything I forgot for the two years I was away. Yeah, that's how long it took for me to get back to the Real Navy. Our Chief Recruiter had no idea what Submarine Sailor mentality was, and there were 8 of us in the district, all with the same attitude - we all wanted to get back to patrol depth!

Life for me is working 0845-2100 Monday through Friday and most Saturday's. Whether you put 1 contract a month or 4, you don't get more time off. If you put 4, your expected to put 5. I have been very successful but I do not enjoy it, nor do I recommend it. Many recruiters get divorced or at a minimum have severe family issues. I'm currently going through a divorce. The hours and stress are non stop.

I was a recruiter during the years of the surge, 2005 to 2008. Recruiting was though, and finding qualified individuals even harder. Serving as a recruiter can be both challenging and rewarding. When I was there, it was about the "individual" mission. Today is about the team, and each team member has to pull their weight. In Recruiting you will find out what a true leader and mentor is. It is easy to give orders to a trained Private, takes a true leader and mentor to motivate somebody to change their lifestyle, and leave everything they know behind. There will be hard, long days, but there will be days when you know that you changed a person's life for ever.

Here's my take from someone who's been putting civilians in boots probably longer than anyone. I was drafted into recruiting (USAREC) in 1985. My tour was 3 years, but I was involuntary extended for a 4th year. I was successful, getting my ring in 27 months and was a Station Commander after 12 months (Cheyenne WY). After 4 years away from my MOS, I decided to convert to 00E to finish out my career. Recruiting was always bloody and abusive. I was fired once during a purge of most of the Station Commanders, only to be reassigned to another BN when none of the charges could stick (the charge was not having a walkin policy posted, and sometime 6 months prior I closed the station and we had beers during duty hours).

I retired in 1996, and was picked up to recruit for Cadet Command at a University of California ROTC. After 8 years of ROTC recruiting, which was much easier than USAREC, I left to recruit Specialty Branch Officers (AMEDD, JAG and Chaplains) for the National Guard, which I'm still doing.

So, after 31 years, my take on recruiting is if you have the right personally (anal), a strong work ethic, can handle rejection, thick skin, have the gift of gab, and you are likable, go for it.