recruiting system inept - Report by Christie Blatchford

[Blackadder1916]

. . . So if you are receiving 40,000 applications for 3,800 jobs and 90% of those 40,000 applications are making their way to Recruiting Detachments, . . .

Are those "actual" ballpark numbers?  Is that Reg only or Reg/Res combined?  So, a little over 10% success rate for applicants.

 

[DAA]

Are those "actual" ballpark numbers?  Is that Reg only or Reg/Res combined?  So, a little over 10% success rate for applicants.

That is Reg/Res combined and those are actual ballpark numbers which have remained relatively consistent for the past 2-3 years.

Res F applicants are not suppose to apply directly online until instructed to do so by a local Reserve Unit or Brigade Recruiter.  Res F applications probably account for roughly 10-12% of all applications submitted.

 

[Underway]

It used to be 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 ratio on applications to merit list.  It depends on how you define and application.  There was always some interal push pull on what defines an applicant.  Usually it's was all of your docs submitted ready for CFAT.  If you never get around to bringing in your birth certificate you were never counted as an applicant, just a prospect.

 

[DAA]

It used to be 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 ratio on applications to merit list.  It depends on how you define and application.  There was always some interal push pull on what defines an applicant.  Usually it's was all of your docs submitted ready for CFAT.  If you never get around to bringing in your birth certificate you were never counted as an applicant, just a prospect.

"Applicant" is rather clearly defined as "anyone who completes the CFAT".  It was spelled out in black and white in the old RHB and also in the current WI's.  So there is no grey area as to what constitutes a "prospect" and when a prospect becomes an "applicant".