My husband want to be a recruiter for the army. He is trying to get into a recruiting station close to home in Wisconsin. How difficult is that? What are the pro's and con's on being a recruiter? He is a staff sergeant with a little over 9 years in. He wants to make rank for his E7. I have heard that I will never see him due to the long hours he will be working. Is this true? We have to submit a request for certain areas we want to recruit at. Is it pretty much guaranteed to get your first pick? Anyone that has done this, please give me some info. Thanks.
2007-05-24 11:22:40 · 11 answers · asked by tmae 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Pros: Meet alot of interesting people who ask dumb questions.
Cons: Long days and short nights.
Work to keep your sanity and make your monthly quota.
You don't always make alot of friends.
You get stationed where the "Army" needs you and not necessarily where you'd like to be a recruiter.
Nothing is ever "Guaranteed" in the military
2007-05-24 11:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by Robert W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost everyone I know that is a recruiter is either divorced or going through a divorce. One of my best friends has just separated from her husband becuase he was just never there. She said it was eaiser when he was going to Iraq all the time because at least she had some idea of when he might come home. He was always traveling to recruit. The Pros of recruiting would be getting first pick of where you will work, a government car. Making rank is easier because he will have to test in the job he's in (recruiting). the cons: bing away from home, being away from home, being away from home. I think that if he thinking of recruiting just to get to move to a certain place or because he thinks he'll make rank easier, it's just not worth it. I can only imagine how busy an army recruiter would be!
2007-05-24 11:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by mustangsally76 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are right about the long hours. I worked as a recruiter's assistant for some time, and he was always working at crazy times. You have to remember, he will have to work around the schedules of the people he is recruiting. This means meeting with them on weekends, after work or school... It's tough. It is also a high-stress job because they put a lot of pressure on recruiters to make their numbers.
Is he in the National Guard or Reserve? There are other options for him to get his E7. He should checkout the HRO website for your state and see if he could get an AGR job at your state's headquarters, or perhaps being a supply or readiness NCO at the unit level. What is his MOS?
I also work full time for the National Guard in my state. If you have any other questions, I might be able to help. You can send me a message if you like and I will give you my email address. Working full time is the best thing I ever did for my career.
2007-05-24 11:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by nikaaaay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband was an Army Recruiter on a Marine Corps base for 4 yrs. We were on recruiting duty from 98-02. Its a long hard duty assignment and he was never home. When he did get off work early (11pm was early) he was tired or his phone was ringing. If we went out to dinner he was approached by people with questions. I was attacked by a mother because my husband was talking to her son about joining LOL I told the Mom to call 1SG and complain.
Its a tough duty and I say WE because your in it together. We survived recruiting duty but then again we have married for 15 yrs. My Husband has said he would rather do 3 yrs in Iraq than 1 on recruiting duty. He is leaving soon for his 4th tour LOL After 24 yrs in the Army Recruiting is the toughest.
Just my opinion,
Tammy
2007-05-24 12:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tammy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It is true that you will never see your husband. He will work 7 days a week for the most part. An occasional Sunday off. If he's lucky he will get off early on the weekends. The most say he will have when it comes to where he gets stationed is that he will get to choose his top three districts. We were hoping for CO and wound up in MN. Please don't be discouraged though. At least he won't be deployed while on recruiting duty. For the most part, he will be home every night. It is very rewarding for him to start putting kids in the military and see them make something of themselves. As hard as the job is, you will still feel great about what he does.
2007-05-24 11:41:00 · answer #5 · answered by cmortality 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old shipmate of mine was an E-5 on Navy recruiting in Nebraska. He was junior in the office and got all the 'outlying areas.' If you know what Nebraska is like, that meant he spent more time driving than talking to prospective recruits. Once he was invited to dinner, gave his sales pitch, then the father got up, went to the door, opened it and said, "You said your say, now get out and don't come back or I'll have to shoot you."
Jim got fired from that job due to not meeting his quota and was sent to the Naval Air Station here in Va Beach,Va. His wife said his personality change 180 when they got to his new command. He said it was like selling vacuum cleaners door to door...in the 1800's!
My brother finished his Army career as a recruiter in Dover, DE. Hard to recruit for the Army next to the world's largest military Air Force transport base. When he retired, he went back to recruiting in the same office as a contractor. He said it was just like being in the Army without wearing the uniform. He hacked out 1 year and left.
2007-05-24 14:44:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm ex-Navy, and had my detailer trying to convince me to take recruiting duty.. fortunately, I'd just talked to a buddy with MY NEC (same as MOS) who'd wrapped up a recruiting-tour. He told me not to DARE do it !!
His Cons: ungodly hours for a shore-tour, driving and driving, unable to keep "current" in his NEC, excessively tempting young females.
His Pros: running his own office.
I went ahead and took an instructors billet.
2007-05-24 13:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did it very long hours like 12 you work 6 days a week and you have to make numbers to stay in it. Also the good part is you dont deploy.
2007-05-24 13:35:47 · answer #8 · answered by nichole e 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hours are horrendous, it is a 24 hour a day job. I put 60,000 miles on my government car in 18 months.
Luckily I was in a small rural town by myself and I could combine my life with my job. But 3 years was enough.
2007-05-24 11:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
con he will have to lie a lot....by twisting and bullshitting around the truth!
pro..he will be a good liar!
no they do work sometimes more than 8 hour days but no weekends really and no holidays and somewhat of a flexible schedule
2007-05-24 16:51:37 · answer #10 · answered by khymelove 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋