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Hi

Just done my barb test on thursday and was planning to go royal engineers, C3systems.

After the test I was sat down with a list of jobs, I was told I scored 88 and would be better joing AGC doing a HR & finance job.

does any1 know if this is a good job or what?

It depends what you're into? Do you fancy being an Clerk?

do what you want to do, the recruiting staff will always push you in a different path so they can earn some brownie points.

Englishman88 wrote:do what you want to do, the recruiting staff will always push you in a different path so they can earn some brownie points.

Absolute CRAP which I find highly offensive

I am a Recruiter and will always put people in the job they actually want!!!!
Englishman are you a recruiter????? or have you ever been?????
Our job is to suggest the job that might suit you, we do not have job quotas to fill and cetainly do not gain BROWNIE POINTS as you put it for putting certain people into certain trades
May I also say the only target I have ever had was for how many people joined the army regardless of what cap badge. Your recruiter does a tough job for very little recognition. try getting promoted whilst in recruiting!!!!! We have up to 60 applicants at a time and we try to do our best for each and everyone of them.

Oh and just to finish off our target for people in the army doesnt count untill YOU THE APPLICANT passes Basic training!!!!

Must say my recruiter hasn't tried to push me one way or another. He just asked what I was interested in and gave me all the info he could on that particular area.

MSI64 wrote: try getting promoted whilst in recruiting!!!!!

May be a little off topic, but what rank are you now MSI64? Is recruiting something you have to do to get promotion?

My rectuiter tried to get me in anything BUT infantry.

gpw2009 wrote:

MSI64 wrote: try getting promoted whilst in recruiting!!!!!

May be a little off topic, but what rank are you now MSI64? Is recruiting something you have to do to get promotion?

Am a SNCO and there is no need to do recruiting at all, but someone has to do it

I went for the army air corps, and my recruiter was more than happy with my choice, I only got told to have more than one job option. He certainly did not push me into a corps i did not want to be in.

I went to the carrers office with a firm head on that i wanted t join the infantry. My recruiter pushed me away form it immidetly and at a later point during my application suggest being a recovery mechanic, wich i personally would rather join the hair dressing core. Do what you want, my recruiter eventully pushed me in the engineers direction and i am waiting selection, but i am still having second thought. Want to be a para. Is it too late to ring him up and say i am not sure. "too late meening only weeks from ADSC

My recruiter is spot on he is RLC and as soon as I said I wanted to join 2 Mercian he said he would put me in tomorow if I wanted...and he was serious . I thought it was you at first MSI but he works at the Mansfield ACIO.

When i went for my barb i got a 72, my recruiter kept trying to get me to go the signals route, i originally wanted to join ither the marines or para's but for some reason i have gone for RAC crewman i guess ile get a trade and skills and i can still get my maroon beret wings and commando dagger.

Nealbei wrote:I went to the carrers office with a firm head on that i wanted t join the infantry. My recruiter pushed me away form it immidetly and at a later point during my application suggest being a recovery mechanic, wich i personally would rather join the hair dressing core. Do what you want, my recruiter eventully pushed me in the engineers direction and i am waiting selection, but i am still having second thought. Want to be a para. Is it too late to ring him up and say i am not sure. "too late meening only weeks from ADSC

I would do what YOU want to do.