If i decide on becoming a naval recruiter later on in my career, will it boost up my human resources experience? I plan on having a job related in the human resources field once i depart from the navy and into the civilian workforce. It would be nice to have that recruiting "experience" listed on my resume.
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Naval Recruiting might help with Human Resources, however the core takeaway you can count on with Armed Forces Recruiting is perhaps the most lucrative: Quota bearing sales experience. \n\nYou're selling a product, a solution, a lifestyle with the military. In today's world that is an increasingly difficult sell, but recruiters are still able to be successful. \n\nIf you do a tour as a recruiter and succeed any employer is going to see goals, adaptability, sales skills and discipline. Put simply you're worth a ton of money to any sales manager out there with the right product training. \n\nAs far as HR - the same would hold true as well.
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I am an Army officer that was commissioned through ROTC.  It has not hurt nor helped my career.  I feel that everyone has made an assessment on my performance not on what school I attended.  I have met both great and horrible West Pointer, ROTC cadets, and OCS grads.  I think there is very little difference at least through my present rank (captain).  This may change as I progress or perhaps the differences are a thing of the past.
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My husband was a Navy recruiter and is currently still enlisted. I wouldn't even walk into the office if I were you. Yes, they do intense background checks! Any respectable college will not accept that diploma. Go back, finish high school or get your GED. If you have your GED and take 15 credits in college, it's the same thing as applying to the Navy with a high school diploma.
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First off, most of the people on here are idiots. Top Gun was a movie about the Navy and actually "Top Gun" no longer exists, at least not as it used to...(a new name, a new base).\nSecondly, the Navy was great. You will have a sea/shore rotation depending on the rating you choose. As an AO, my sea/shore was 4/3 (I think). After boot camp and "A" school, I went to my first duty station and luckily got shore duty in Nevada. It wasn't always a picnic, but for the most part I enjoyed it. I never did go on a ship, I got off active duty after four years to move to Virginia with my husband (who was also in the Navy). I did stay in the reserves and had a great time being a full time reservist (I worked about 200 days out of the year) and even did a few deployments to the middle east, which were lots of fun (and hard work). \nAs for the ships...when you are on sea duty, you'll have 6-9 month cruises and work-up periods in between those. You'll just work on the boat while in port...you won't to LIVE on the boat unless you are low rank and single. While you're on cruise, you will stop in ports around the world. It's not as if they keep you locked on the boat for 6 months straight (unless you do something very bad in a port!)\nIf you choose Navy, I'd suggest a rating like IT that will translate well into civilian life! This website: http://www.spear.navy.mil/profile/profile/jan01/pages/Navy.html has some good information and briefly describes each individual Navy rating.\nGood luck and I hope you have a good time in whatever branch you choose:)
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HAVE YOU EVER SERVED BEFORE IN THE SERVICE? IF SO HOW MANY YRS AND WHEN YOU DISCHARGED WAS IT HONARABLE?  TAKE THAT MANY YRS OFF YOUR AGE AND SEE! NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR THE NAVY SIDE OF THE HOUSE.\n\nEX: YOU SERVED SAY 5 GOOD YRS DISCHARGED UNDER HONARABLE AND NOW YOUR 47? SO TAKE OFF 5 YRS FROM YOUR AGE WHICH WILL LEAVE YOU AT 41 AS FAR AS NAVY YOUR GOOD TO GO OUR CUT OFF AT THIS TIME IS 43.
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Join the Navy and - no matter what the recruiter tells you - they will put you where they need someone, not necessarily where you want to be, and they will train you for the field that they need people in, not necessarily the one you want to be in.  Recruiters lie, they have no say in where you're assigned or what your duties will be.\n\nAviation mechanics are actually in fairly high demand from what I understand - but I don't have any close contacts in the Navy any more, so I can't say what the odds are of you getting that posting, just that the odds are better than they would be if you wanted to be a photographer or something like that.\n\nWhen you are posted to a land base, you can either stay in base housing (barracks) or you will get a housing allowance for off-base housing.  It may not entirely cover the rent and probably won't cover insurance, particularly when you're first starting out and you're low-ranked, but it can make the ends meet if you're clever with your money.  Specialist rankings like aviation mechanics tend to be higher ranked and therefore better paid, which is probably the situation your friend is in.\n\nRemember that wherever you are, you'll be leaving in 2-3 years.  That's one reason that a lot of young guys just don't bother with getting off-base housing, they know they'll just have to leave and they'd rather not spend the money on rent or a mortgage.  Remember also that as an aviation mechanic, you will be expected to spend time on carriers unless you specialize in the big birds, which has its own problems.\n\nIf you are willing to deal with the dangers and the difficulties, go for it - but don't go in expecting to get paid just for breathing and showing up.  The Navy works its people hard, and expects a lot from them, and if you aren't willing to do the job they have ways of dealing with you that a civilian boss doesn't.
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I've been enlisted, trying to go back in as an officer.  If you go officer, you submit a wish list with 10 mos's (jobs) on it. The way it works for ocs is the top of their class gets their first picks... rolls down from there. ROTC is similar. MI/Aviation are the two hardest to get into. If you are siting behind a desk all the time as an officer chances are so are the enlisted under you. Yes, officers are more like managers, but depending on the mos they are right in the thick of things with you. More money as an officer. Better enlistement bonuses for enlisted. No idea about the language..   My opininon, go to rotc, get your degree, go in as an officer. if it's not your cup of tea, you have the degree to fall back on. - good luck     /salute
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First off this person definately has some valuable experience if they have spent time in the Marines.\n\nHowever, I would be leary of any degree offered from Ashwood University. They are not accredited by any agency recognized by the Department of Education.\n\nDo the degrees matter? Are they a requirement for the position the applicant applied for? If so, I'd might look elsewhere. If not, then look into an interview and see if this person is a "fit" for the organization.\n\nRespectfully,\nJeff Melvin
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I started college right out of high school.  I found out that, in the field I was interested in, it was easy to get a job and experience...and the experience was what most employers were looking for.  I have since finished my degree, but I saw a big bump in salary and responsibility when I put experience on my resume and NO bump in either when I put my new degree on my resume.
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What does your resume look like? Do you say you are looking for a specific trainee position? I have seen a lot of resumes from college grads that say that they want a challenging job with personal growth. No employer wants to see that, it shows the person had no idea what he or she wants to do-it goes in the garbage. The other one is paragraphs about how they are team players. The employer got 100 with the same wording yesterday. Into the garbage. Better is To obtain a position as a sales trainee where I can use my strong interpersonal skills. That resume gets kicked over to the sales dept. I saw one resume that said his hobby was skydiving and then he wondered why the mortgage companies never called him.\nOnly 10% of all jobs are advertised. Advertising costs money and hopefully a position will be filled before they have to run an ad. 70% of all jobs are filled because someone knows someone. You have to tell everyone you know including your mother's cousin that you are looking for work. Get out the yellow pages and look up companies in your field, call and ask if you can fax your resume over and to who's attention. Fax it over and if you don't get a call back in a week, call the person you faxed it over to. Don't forget there are state, federal adn local civil service jobs, too.
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Actually (as a former Marine recruiter knowing the regulations for all branches) You can not sign up as a high school Junior. You must be in your senior year or higher. (showing the appropriate credits to graduate on time)If you're 18 you can sign up but if you're 17 you need Parental Consent. As far as being able to join...besides the grade thing you must meet other elegibility requirements such as physical(height and weight standards), mental requirements (ASVAB- or Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) moral requirements(lack of or minimal police involvement, drug history etc.) and Physical requirements(no serious history with medical problems)\nAll I can say is if you're curious about enlistment requirements, shop around. Talk to all the branches and see who feeds you a line of crap. Everybodies requirement and options are the same except for some minor differences.\nP.S. if you have any questions whatsoever, drop me an email... molsons_eh@yahoo.com   I am not a recruiter anymore but I will let you know if who you talk to is full of it or not.\nP.S.S. whatever whoever guarantees you just make sure it's in writing in your contract.
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Talk to a recruiter. You attend college, but have to spend extra time in NROTC activities and courses while attending normal classes. After you graduate, you become an officer and serve a couple more years. \nYou stay in school during the NROTC program and are not sent off to a war if there is a war going on.
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I was active duty Navy, and then went to the Navy Reserves after 6 years active. It was a hard transition to make. I had no obligations in my contract to do reserve time, so after a year I transferred back to the inactive reserves.\n\nI had nothing to do that was related to my training on drill weekends, and the thing that really pushed over the top for me was the 2 weeks active time. Being a reservist, even though we was active before (it was a unit of mostly E-4's to E-6's former active duty), we was treated like crap by the active duty people. Maybe I was just lucky, but we never did that on the ship I was on when I was active.
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As an HR professional I would suggest brushing up on these:  What do you know about our company and why would you be a good fit?  Why did you choose your major/college?  Where do you see yourself in 5 years?  What are your strengths/weaknesses?  Tell me about your most successful moment.  What would your friends/colleagues/family say about you?  Good luck!
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many companies use your experience to cover your education.  Just be honest in your resume, if they interview you, you don't want to lie.  Just say the way you see it , experience is as important as education, and you will pursue a degree or certificate once you get the job. (you may not have time later on.. but who cares.. employer just want to know if you are aggressive enough)
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Im active duty Navy right now.  This is what I have noticed:\nArmy- Low recruitment= high bonuses  but they have the lowest standards of living\n\nMarines- You really have to want to be a marine... they don't mess around.  Hard to get into technical programs. A lot of PT.  Harder than some branches to get promoted.\n \nNavy- A huge variety of careers.  Transition from civilian to soldier not to difficult.  At sea a lot during your first tour. Some very long days underway.\n\nCoast Guard- Cake. I was talkin to a gas turbine mechanic in the coast guard today.  He just came back from a 30 day tour which included: Key West, Fl\nCozumel, mexico some columdian island....and a couple more very cool places.  This guy is getting out in jan.  looking to make $100 per hour in miami.\n\nAir Force- My best friend has been in there for five years.  They have the best standard of living and the easiest working hours.\n\nI ranked them from worst to best in my opinion.  Hope this helps- I know it would have if I read it before I joined.  Any other questions just email me, I know someone in active duty from each branch.
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Your question is "what should it be?" Yet, it is already based on your 5 factors. It is based on rank & time served as well as your 5. It also varies by rate (your job). A Submarine sailor earns more money than a  surface ship sailor for example. A person with 5 years of service makes less than one with 16.