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The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday.
The U.S. Army will continue to rely on an unpopular program that forces some soldiers to stay on beyond their retirement or re-enlistment dates, despite repeated pressure from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to reduce and eventually eliminate the practice.
The Army last year again increased the number of its recruits who have prior criminal records by granting them special exceptions.
Nearing the end of a difficult year, Army recruiters are pulling extra staff from around the service to help meet their annual goal of finding 80,000 new enlistees before October.
Need a down-payment for your home? Seed money to start a business? The Army wants to help — if you're willing to join up. Despite spending nearly $1 billion last year on recruiting bonuses and ads, Army leaders say an even bolder approach is needed to fill wartime ranks.
The Army fell short of its recruiting goal for May, its first significant slip in two years. The active-duty Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force met or surpassed their May targets, although the Army National Guard and Air National Guard fell far short.
The Army National Guard fell slightly short of its recruiting goal this year, rebounding from a severe deficit in 2005 and exceeding its goal for re-enlistments, defense officials said Tuesday.
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A University of Alabama football booster died when he hit his head in an accidental fall at home, rather than being slain as first thought, the police director said Thursday.
The Army met its recruiting goal for March, but lags behind last year's pace as it nears some of the most challenging recruitment months of the year.
It met its numeric goal of 80,000 recruits last year, but it paid a price in terms of declining numbers of high school graduates and lower scores on skills and physical tests.
critics charge that the huge and varied incentives being offered to recruits show the desperation of the all-volunteer force and its inability to cope with the sustained demands of the Iraq war.
If you were committing fraud across state lines (and thereby risk doing federal jail time) on a regular basis, would you be stupid enough to brag about it in online forums for all to see and comment on? Well, one recruiter did (actually quite a few have) and saw nothing wrong wit …
With soldiers quitting the army in greater numbers since the Afghan combat mission began and critical shortages in some military trades, it has been a struggle for Canadian commanders to keep generating the forces required for the war against the Taliban.
Among the NCAA's sanctions was a one-year restriction on Sampson at Indiana from making phone calls to prospective recruits, including three-way phone calls initiated by his assistant coaches. Sunday, Sampson admitted to 10 more illegal phone calls in the past 12 months.
Based on what you say in Gmail, Google may recruit you.
Following these reports, and in the wake of recent events in Lebanon, there has been criticism in the Saudi press of Saudi nationals' involvement in terrorist activities throughout the world.
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Hillary Clinton wants to add 80,000 soldiers to the Army; Barack Obama calls for 65,000 more soldiers and 27,000 more Marines; Biden proposes establishing local counter-terrorism units in large cities; John Edwards would double the budget for military recruiting; and Bill Richard …
A new survey confirms that making that first impression is critical to job interview success. Sneaky Business provides an invaluable list of do's and don'ts to help make that happen.
Lately there has been much discussion of the impending doom to be caused from an Impending Labor Shortage- Why? Is it because there is some truth behind it? Some defined element of reality or just another wave of hysteria that makes for good reading.
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If you are a stripper looking for a "day job," then this is some really good resume advice.
Google Pack, the collection of applications recommended by Google, includes a new software: StarOffice, an office suite developed by Sun. I examine the ramificiations for Internet Sourcers seeking talent online.
Social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and blogs are emerging as one of the most commonly used tools by recruiters to conduct background checks and gain a sense of a job seeker's character, recruiters say.
Many question why individuals located in or raised in the freedoms of the West would ever want to engage in terrorism.
Groups of Central Floridians say they are making more than $30,000 a month selling a Spanish to English tutorial DVD, that has created a following in Florida and around the world...
The crack down on immigration, the government's purposely slow pace of approving new immigrants and their bias against Muslim countries is forcing some companies to bypass the process all together.
You can show candidates there's a way out of the soap opera of their current situation. Make sure you've got something better lined up for them, and you're going to be able to attract the best and brightest every time.
That means that merely going through the motions of talent acquisition without considering how you are contributing to the your organization's HR culture means your HR department will suffer. Guess what happens if HR suffers? Bye-bye, bottom line.
You might call it specialization, focus, finding a niche or a groove, or a sweet-spot.
Every step of the hiring process has costs attached to it, and we try to carefully monitor all of them.
While all of this is, at its most basic, great advice, that fragmentation and globalization seems like it can open you up to a lot of unnecessary exposure.
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