Army Recruitment Training
Army recruiters keep the Army strong by ensuring that there are enough soldiers to keep all missions operational. In order to become a recruiter, you'll attend the Army Recruiting and Retention School program to learn how to successfully attract new recruits and counsel them as they enlist in the Army.
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Location
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The Army's Recruiting and Retention School is located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Following graduation, you'll work at one of the 1,600 recruiting stations located in the U.S., which come under the control of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Individual brigades are commanded from Fort Meade, Maryland; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, Fort Knox, Fort Sam Houston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Prerequisites
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In order to qualify for the recruitment training in the Army, you must meet certain criteria. Army recruiters must be U.S. citizens between the ages of 21 and 34 with a high school diploma or GED and at least 30 credits toward a college degree. You must also be in at least your second term with the Army, and have at least three years of Time in Service (TIS) remaining on your contraction. Recruiters must meet certain aptitude test standards and physical profile standards, as well as complete the Warrior Leader Course for non-commissioned officers. You can be disqualified if you don't have a driver's license, have lost time during your current enlistment, are a single parent, have credit or family problems, were convicted of certain felonies of moral/integrity Army violations or have a large family. Some of these criteria can be waived for strong candidates.
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Becoming a Student
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If you wish to become a recruiter, you can apply to Recruiting and Retention School as a volunteer as long as you meet Army recruiter criteria. With this process, you'll also go through a background check and interview. Recruiter candidates can also be nominated. If the Army is lacking recruiters in a certain area, they'll ask units to nominate soldiers who show promise in this field to fill the vacancies. As a volunteer, you get to request your assignment location, but nominated recruiters are assigned where there is the most need.
Course Content
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During your recruiter training program, you'll study in five different areas, as follows: basic recruiting, career counseling, guidance counseling, mobile retention training and reserve components transitioning. You'll also receive advanced non-commissioned officer training to learn leadership skills.
Field Training
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Following your recruitment training course, you'll become a part of the New Recruiter Program. This allows you to learn while working in the field without having to worry about meeting recruiter standards through their ratings system, which measures whether or not you are doing a good job. The New Recruiter Programs lasts nine months.
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