recruiting lies

[Anonymous]

I've noticed a lot on here lately about recruiters "lying" to recruits and just want to add my two cents worth. One before accusing a recruiter of lying make sure that they are for one. A lot may not know how recruiting works so I will attempt to explain a little of it. First Recruiting is not an MOS as far as I know, most recruiters are pulled from other jobs for Recruiting duty this happens at about the Sgt. level but now is down to Corporal and Specialist. Now consider this, a lot of folks are automatically promoted to Corporal, Specialist, and Sergeant upon entering the Army (E-4's and E-5's). Knowing this now imagine this person is selected for recruiting duty. You have someone who has maybe a year in the military but very little experience, now this person as a recruiter is magically supposed to know every job, bonus, detail, promotion rates, etc in the Army? Otherwise these folks have been on one job and one job only for their Army careers now at 10 years in the Army picks them for recruiting. Again they are supposed to know every job, etc in the Army (which changes daily), requirements, benefits, bonuses, etc after working 10 years as a tanker? Give these guys a break ok, if you don't like what one is telling you go to another. Not every single recruiter can know every single thing about the Army. Here's an example, say a cop in Houston is told he is to become a recruiter for cops, now he has to know the New York City police department, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, LA, etc and all the requirements of being a policeman in these cities. An impossible task you betcha, so it is the very same thing for these men and women doing recruiting. Be aware of this and many will find it easier to find recruiters out there and know where these guys are coming from. Most simply do not have the answers they may be embarrassed and lie, a good one will try to get the answers for you or tell you they simply do not know, but again do not expect these men and women to be "experts" on every field the Army has to offer.

pritro454@yahoo.com

[Anonymous]

Excellent illustration of what a recruiter is and how they are selected. The main thing to remember when talking to recruiters is to get everything in writing. Never, never sign anything until you have read and understood what it says.

Also remember when talking to recruiters, if you don't like the one you're working with, you can always ask for another one.

Granted there are recruiters, like in any job, out there who are worth a darn and will sell you a wolf for a sheep, but overall they are doing the best they know how.

They are also under a number crunch with a career on line. That's enough for anybody to try and take whatever they can get.

[Anonymous]

I think the most important thing is that if a recruiter doesn't know the answer to a question, he does his best to find out. My recruiter has done this on numerous occasions during my lengthy decision-making process, and the fact that he doesn't just make stuff up if he doesn't know an answer leads me to believe him when he does have a quick answer to my questions... I know alot of recruiters don't want to be doing that job, and it shows when that's the case. As mentioned in a previous post, you can get another!!!


:
: Excellent illustration of what a recruiter is and how they are selected. The
: main thing to remember when talking to recruiters is to get everything in
: writing. Never, never sign anything until you have read and understood
: what it says.
:
: Also remember when talking to recruiters, if you don't like the one you're
: working with, you can always ask for another one.
:
: Granted there are recruiters, like in any job, out there who are worth a darn
: and will sell you a wolf for a sheep, but overall they are doing the best
: they know how.
:
: They are also under a number crunch with a career on line. That's enough for
: anybody to try and take whatever they can get.


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