except the Army
2007-09-06 16:19:37 · 10 answers · asked by Ivan K. 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
scubasteve5711
where did you get that info?
take a look at this webste:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/f/faqmarinejob.htm
2007-09-06 16:56:19 · update #1
""Very, very few Marine applicants get a guaranteed job (mostly those with college degrees or extremely high ASVAB scores, applying for certain, designated technical specialties). """
2007-09-07 10:15:16 · update #2
Like you pointed out, except for the Army, there is no specific guarantee for a specific job. You are only 'guaranteed' a general field of job. It is a bit misleading (except for the Army).
Guaranteed does not mean 70% get their jobs. That is not a guarantee. If you join the USMC YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED A SPECIFIC JOB (i.e. if they decide to train you in another job, there is nothing you can do about it). Look up the definition of guaranteed. The Army is in fact the only branch that 'guarantees' a specific job and training in that specific job prior to enlistment and in your contract paperwork. If the Army cannot train you and put you in that job, you are no longer obligated by your enlistment contract and can choose to leave service. That is a 'guarantee.'
Making a wish list like in the USMC or other branches is not a guarantee. Don't be silly.
Scubasteve won't be able to cite you where he got his information because it is not fully correct. THE ARMY IS THE ONLY BRANCH that will guarantee a specific job (not just training for that job) prior to enlistment, if you qualify for it.
Amy S is not entirely correct either. The Army does not use OFs or 'general fields' of work in their contract paperwork at MEPS. The Army is different from the other branches in that it guarantees a single, specific job and only that specific job.
The Air Force does offer something similiar to the Army BUT:
"The Air Force has divided all of their jobs into four aptitude areas (General, Electronic, Mechanical, and Administrative). It is unfortunate, but true that a majority of Air Force jobs (approximately 60 percent) are reserved for individuals joining under the Guaranteed Aptitude program. Therefore, many of the available jobs are not released to the Air Force Jobs Counselor at MEPS. Instead, they are "reserved" and offered to recruits in basic training, who enlisted under the Guaranteed Aptitude Program."
By the time MOST people in the Air Force can reserve a specific job, they are already sworn-in and in basic training and obligated to serve regardless of what is offered to them.
The Marine Corps 'guarantees' nothing but a general field you will be trained to work in. Letting you fill out a wish list means nothing to your contract and you have no recourse if you don't get anything on your wishlist.
2007-09-06 16:24:13 · answer #1 · answered by Patriotic Libertarian 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All TRAINING is guaranteed in the contract that you get at MEPS from the counselor. What job you get depends on if you make the grade in your schooling, pass your physical fitness requirements etc. However in a broad sense, you are in fact guaranteed a job once you are in for your enlistment. But God only knows what that will be.............
2007-09-07 00:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by tallerfella 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people do get guaranteed jobs in the Military. They have to ensure that their recruiter puts it in their contract. If they don't then they can get put anywhere. Also if you do not succeed in the job you were guaranteed then they can put you where they want you.
And the Army is not the only one to guarantee jobs. I was guaranteed mine and I knew exactly what job I was going to be doing in the Marine Corps. 70% of the people who join get the job they were told they would.
2007-09-06 23:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by scubasteve5711 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Scuba is absolutely correct. Enlistees are guaranteed an "Occupational Field" in which there are many (sometimes hundreds) of specific jobs. Your OF is guaranteed, and the specific job you get within that OF is dependent upon how well you do in your schooling, your skills and aptitudes, and the needs of the branch in which you serve.
The stats he offered read, to me, that 70% of the recruits end up in the SPECIFIC JOB they wanted... while 30% end up in the OF they chose, but didn't quite make the grade, in terms of their skills and aptitudes.
2007-09-07 02:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by Amy S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way it works is that you pick up to 8 jobs, Those jobs are Guaranteed to you.
You Will get ONE of those guaranteed jobs.
They try to place you from first to last, if the first is filled they move to the 2nd one, then the 3rd, 4th.. etc etc.
I got my 2nd pick.
2007-09-07 01:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVERY Branch has the ability to guarantee TRAINING in a specific Job. Nobody can guarantee that you will be doing that job after school, or that you won't be force converted to another one.
If it ain't written in yourcontract, it ain't guaranteed. Bottom line.
2007-09-07 07:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ivan I haven't a friggin clue what you are talking about?
USAF you can't even get in without having one. Of course it is incumbent on the individual to pass the physical and academic hurdles necessary to complete their training. Yes fail and become some thing less than you desired at the need of the USAF. Life is tough so study hard.
Ret. USAF SNCO
2007-09-06 23:34:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The jobs are guaranteed. It's just not guaranteed that you will get one of them.
2007-09-07 00:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by Deckard2020 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW! 70% of marines get the job their promised. So that means only 3 out of 10 people get royaly f*cked
2007-09-06 23:34:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the score you got when you took the ASVAB sometimes.
2007-09-07 00:09:05 · answer #10 · answered by ChuckDeucez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋