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Well the day has come where I must bid adieu to the recruiting world as I am off to reacquaint myself with my occupation. For the last six years I have seen all kinds of applicants and for the most part I have enjoyed interacting with everyone of them. I have seen the truly committed ones who bust their asses to be the best possible applicants and others who think the CF and the world owes them everything and will create as many problems as possible. The latter group is where the whiners congregate but even they couldn't dampen my spirits. Working in recruiting is a difficult job where you are usually treated like a leper by your branch and blamed for all the personnel problems in the CF. However, it can also very personally rewarding. In every one of the last six years I have seen recruiting bring more and more people into the CF and in the last three or so years we have met or exceeded our targets. I have worked with some of the most hard working and professional service people I have ever seen and I had the honour and pleasure to lead some of them.
As I have mentioned on this site before; the CF is not for everyone and just because a person meets the minimum requirements for the occupation they are applying does not in anyway guarantee them a job. Some people don't get in on the first try and might have to wait for some time for an offer, that is called competing for a job. I have always said that if you want a job in the CF and you want to get in fairly quickly then join the combat arms not join as a RMS Clerk or an Image Tech. Also, there are still some major problems in recruiting and many of them have been mentioned in this board, some of them many times. Some of these include, but not limited to, not keeping the applicants informed of their progress and not being courteous or helpful to them when they inquire about their progress. In addition, recruiting sometimes jerks people around with incorrect offers and/or equivalencies and not properly recognizing some of the skills they bring to the table Neither are good customer service or good for the image of recruiting. However, neither of these and any other problems are hard to fix. For the most part recruiting staff work very hard to provide the best possible service they can but they can only do so much with limited resources, both inside and outside their CFRC/Ds,and that is where you can see some applicants waiting a long time between application and enrolment.
While I hope to be able to continue to answer some of your recruiting questions in the future, policies and procedures will inevitably change and I will no longer have the most up to date information. I have seen some other recruiting personnel on here so perhaps they can fill the void but I strongly encourage you to use the Ask Us feature found on the recruiting website under Contact Us. The e-mails now go to one central location which is manned by very knowledgeable and competent recruiting personnel. Also never hesitate to visit your local CFRC/D or call the 1-800 number when you need answers or information. While the recruiting threads on Army.ca provide good information some of it can be misleading and may not help you but actually hinder you. So take what you read on here, especially from other applicants, with a block of salt and remember the most up-to-date information is found at your local CFRC/D.
In closing, I would like to thank some of you for the kinds words in the past and I am glad that I was able to help some of you navigate through the. sometime treacherous, recruiting world. Good luck to all who seek the opportunity to serve their country. Cheers.
As I have mentioned on this site before; the CF is not for everyone and just because a person meets the minimum requirements for the occupation they are applying does not in anyway guarantee them a job. Some people don't get in on the first try and might have to wait for some time for an offer, that is called competing for a job. I have always said that if you want a job in the CF and you want to get in fairly quickly then join the combat arms not join as a RMS Clerk or an Image Tech. Also, there are still some major problems in recruiting and many of them have been mentioned in this board, some of them many times. Some of these include, but not limited to, not keeping the applicants informed of their progress and not being courteous or helpful to them when they inquire about their progress. In addition, recruiting sometimes jerks people around with incorrect offers and/or equivalencies and not properly recognizing some of the skills they bring to the table Neither are good customer service or good for the image of recruiting. However, neither of these and any other problems are hard to fix. For the most part recruiting staff work very hard to provide the best possible service they can but they can only do so much with limited resources, both inside and outside their CFRC/Ds,and that is where you can see some applicants waiting a long time between application and enrolment.
While I hope to be able to continue to answer some of your recruiting questions in the future, policies and procedures will inevitably change and I will no longer have the most up to date information. I have seen some other recruiting personnel on here so perhaps they can fill the void but I strongly encourage you to use the Ask Us feature found on the recruiting website under Contact Us. The e-mails now go to one central location which is manned by very knowledgeable and competent recruiting personnel. Also never hesitate to visit your local CFRC/D or call the 1-800 number when you need answers or information. While the recruiting threads on Army.ca provide good information some of it can be misleading and may not help you but actually hinder you. So take what you read on here, especially from other applicants, with a block of salt and remember the most up-to-date information is found at your local CFRC/D.
In closing, I would like to thank some of you for the kinds words in the past and I am glad that I was able to help some of you navigate through the. sometime treacherous, recruiting world. Good luck to all who seek the opportunity to serve their country. Cheers.
