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Chances are, that 35 year-old with kids and a wife has more job experience than you.  I understand what you're saying, but the CF has some clear discrimination policies around age/marital status/sex/race, etc, etc, and while they aren't as easily applicable to civilians in the recruiting...

I think that's borderline on discrimination based on marital status.  Anyone a SHARP guru?  Although SHARP likely doesn't apply to civies in the recruiting process, and the Ombudsman doesn't seem to like to touch recruiting issues.

Interviews and medicals are often held on the same day one after another.

I know you're just looking for examples :), but I just wanted to clarify that this is pretty irrelevant to the selection process.  The CF is a family-friendly environment for the large part, and I highly doubt that anyone in the recruiting process takes this factor into serious consideration.

Selection boards are run for each trade, not for each recruiting centre (i.e. if there are 100 spots for a given trade nation wide, and 200 applicants, they take the top 100 regardless of what recruiting centre they applied through).  Boards are run several times a year depending on the...

MARS (Maritime Surface & Subsurface) and MARE (Maritime Engineer) seem to usually be in high demand.  I'm pretty sure AERE (Aerospace Engineer) is a tough one right now, but LEME (Land Electro-Mechanical Engineer) might be a possibility.

Depends on how nice your tester is.  Most do tend to show you how it's done first, but not all of them.

Skura, in answer to your question, how hard BMQ will be can largely depend on what your staff is like.  When I did my BOTC, the guys on the floor below us used to complain because we'd wake them up every morning when we got up for PT and they were still sleeping.  Our platoon did PT every...

Get used to it!  I found it pretty rare on my course that I would ever be doing push ups by myself.  Our big inspection to see whether we would be granted weekend leave or not was also group based.  We failed.  It sucked.  Next weekend, we made sure it didn't happen again!

From an old CH-124 driver.  I just read through the bid docs though, and it calls for a TACCO and an AESOP, so that quashes that one.

I heard a rumour that they were going to drop the AESOP position and replace them with a second Nav in the Cyclones.  Anyone know if there's any truth to this?

I've never seen a platoon on BMQ or BOTC do more than 25 pushups at any one time.  The trouble is, you tend to do 25 any time anyone screws up (i.e. one guy screws up, the whole platoon pays), so you may do several hundred before lunch if you're really biting it. Don't forget about the 13km...

What level you made it to isn't really relevant.  Some people start at level 1, some start at level 3 or 4 (it depends on where the tester thinks you should be).  They're only interested in your heart rate and blood pressure, and want to see how quickly it elevates.  I know that personally my...

I would tell them.  Not telling them something is just as bad as lying to them.  It's not worth risking your career just to possibly speed up the recruiting process a bit.

As far as I can tell from the CF Recruiting site, all you need is an undergraduate degree (doesn't specify general or honours).  Having said that, an honours degree would make you more competitive, and that is what is offered through ROTP.  How many years it takes to complete is not really as...

A lot of the military courses are run by people from St. John Ambulance.  Try calling the St. John office closest to where you did your course - they may have record of you.

From: http://www.dnd.ca/dpsp/engraph/dpspden_e.asp?Lev1=1&Lev2=6#Part%20I.2   (CF Dental Plan Guide) Dependent's dental coverage "...commences following a waiting period of exactly three (3) months of continuous Regular Force or Primary Reserve service." Not sure about supplementary health...

It's a good idea for you to bring some cash ($100 sounds good).  You won't be able to buy anything other than stuff from the Canex for the first few weeks, as you aren't allowed off base.  But all of those little supplies can add up, and I wouldn't count on seeing any pay for at least 4-6...

Last time I checked, they do make you agree to non-disclosure when you write the CFAT.  Just a word to the wise to be careful when discussing this here, as there are recruiters who look at this site, so you may want to CYA just a bit.

The Canex in St-Jean will have polish, brushes, and clothes at a decent price.  You're better to wait until you get there, as there are some pretty sketchy polishing products out there, so you may as well get the right stuff.  That and you likely won't have anything to polish for the first few...