BulletProof said:
Do I need to say what's wrong with that picture? Sure I may have a glass half empty approach to recruitment, all you people ever tell these potential recruits is to suck it up, but in the real world, people that have this approach and that screw up this much are fired.
I am not sure what "real" world you are actually in but it isn't the one I have seen. Between unions, job protection laws and just plain covering your butt, people who screw up are rarely fired unless they are some poor peon who is just another cog in the company wheel. Want an example, take a look at Nortel. John Roth, the CEO of Nortel, almost drove the company into the ground and walked away with millions of dollars in performance bonus'. Want an example at the other end of the scale? In the company I work for there is an employee who misses at least one Monday every month and doesn't bother to call in. He has been doing this for over 2 years. That is your "real" world.
You are also comparing apples and oranges. The recruiting office is manned by personnel of various trades who attend courses to teach them about the recruiting process. You have people from combat arms, naval trades, air force trades, etc, who have very little experience in human resources who are suddenly thrust into a position of being a marketer, public speaker, teacher, public relations professional and human resource person. Even the administration people posted to recruiting usually have very little experience in dealing with the public in this aspect. Contrast this with your so-called "real" world where you are often dealing with people who have gone to school to learn nothing but human resources. They specialize in it, go to school and conferences to stay on top of new laws and trends and do nothing but hr as their career. Also, in the "real" world, the human resource people do not have to deal with medical issues as it is against the law for them to even take that into consideration when someone applies for a job. Medical conditions that can affect military personnel are not a concern in a civilian position. Asthma, for instance, is not a big deal when the medications can be picked up at you local pharmacy and inhalation therapy is only as far as your local hospital. It
is a big deal when your inhaler has to be flown in on a Herc and the nearest hospital is 1,000 km away.
BulletProof said:
I think a simple disclaimer that some allergies may not allow you to join the CF would not cause a lot of harm. The recruiting process to get to a medical CAN BE long for some people. They're not whining to ask for that so get off your high horses.
The problem with this is that it is simplistic with an obvious lack of understanding of recruiting. All cases are different and a blanket list would not be appropriate. Should the CF say that anyone with hay fever should not be in the military? Asthma? Milk allergies? Much of it depends on the trade, the severity of the condition and the availability, and side affects, of the treatments. Are you suggesting an Infantry Sgt or WO should be able to make that sort of determination? Perhaps it would be better if they passed on to the Pilot or Mars officer at the recruiting centre to decide.
BulletProof said:
I don't comment I things I know nothing of.
Apparently you do though, or at least you don't think before you do. You seem to think there is an abundance of medical personnel who are just waiting for some potential applicants file to cross their desk. In a society where the general public has trouble finding a doctor do you think the CF has lots? The reality is there is a shortage of medical people in the CF and the ones the CF have are stretched thin as well. They are not there at the recruiting offices beck and call. They have to fit the assessments in amongst all the other duties they have. In a world where it can take someone with a potentially life threatening condition almost a year to get a simple cat scan, the fact that it takes months for one of the few doctors the CF has to assess the suitability of a recruit is minor.
Are there lazy people in the CF? Sure there are and I, for one, will readily support you when you actually give examples of laziness. Unfortunately, you insist on using your experience as an example and it really just shows an obvious bias on your part towards the recruiting system. You do not know what went on behind the scenes that caused your situation yet you insist on painting everyone involved with the same brush.
One last point, the use of generalizations in the English language, is considered to be lazy writing.