Armour and Infantry Officer Selection process - Boards?

[shorinsakka]

Hello all,

After a two year fumbling process (during which old forms were replaced with new ones and other bureaucratic shenanigans) I have managed
to finish up the selection process and as of April 13, 2007 have been merit listed for my choices of Armour Office and Infantry Officer.  Huzzah and my humble appreciation to the recruiters for persevering in helping me out, since I have worked in the government myself and know what havoc changes in documentation and process can cause.
During the interview it was mentioned (as a search of this message board confirmed) that boards met at regular intervals to dole out available positions to merit listed candidates.  Well, OK then. 
I called today to confirm how often the boards met so that I might have a vague idea of what times of the month I might be contacted on (I am occasionally on business trips and currently live overseas)and was told that at this time the Infantry and Armoured Officer boards were not actually meeting.  The presumed reason(this is my own assumption and not based on precise wording from my file manager) behind this was that both were currently in demand and were being recruited by another process (faster?! the recruiter used the word "real-time" in conjunction with mentioning the process).  The recruiter (who was my file manager) at that point had no further information to give.  So at this point I ask my question: is there anyone who knows by what process, or the way things are currently working?  Since (apparently) there are no boards meeting, she couldn't answer how often jobs were being processed.  Is there someone in the know that could shed some light on the subject?  I am curious and others might be as well.

Thanks for your (presumed) help!

Sean
Nagoya, Japan

 

[pylon]

There is a boatload of information here on older threads.  While there is no set rule regarding when you will be selected, you can spend some time reading and give yourself an idea of what to expect.  I would suggest taking the time to read the recruiting/recruiting process boards here and you will learn about real time selection/OSL/boards, etc. There are also many threads dedicated to both NCM and Officer topics. Once you spend a few hours reading, you'll understand.

You've made it to the point of being merited, so you are certainly in the home stretch.

Arigatou Gozaimasu. Sachiare, Sean-san.


kc

 

[shorinsakka]

I have spent a lot of hours perusing the mountain of information on this board, and to be honest it's mining diamonds in the rough.  There are huge amounts of repetitious mails followed by nuggets of info so I was getting a bit frustrated.  I wasn't aware that "real time selection" was an official term, so I will have a look around for that.

I am currently studying for 1 kyu on the Japanese language proficiency examination and time is counting down quickly before the next examination  :crybaby:

regards,

Sean
Nagoya, Japan

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[shorinsakka]

And I guess this thread is done for now.

I got my offer this morning, so it's off to camp on Aug. 29th.

Would still like to know how the process works internally though  ;D

Sean