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Vegas Seagull

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soistes said:
Not convinced to be honest -- all jobs have something that's different about them. Some of the things that are different about being in the army, like higher than average risk of death, not being able to go on strike, likelihood of extended periods of foreign travel, wearing a uniform, poor wages, etc are also found in other jobs to a greater or lesser extent.
Still not clear to me why you need a town centre recruiting office (they nearly always seem to be completely empty of customers --well the one in Queens Road does anyway) to get all this across, or indeed why you need a recruitment office in order to meet an existing member of the army prior to signing on the dotted line -- that could easily be arranged in other ways.
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So, tell me which UK company employs 10,000+ to work abroad which a REAL chance of being killed?
 


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soistes said:
Not convinced to be honest -- all jobs have something that's different about them. Some of the things that are different about being in the army, like higher than average risk of death, not being able to go on strike, likelihood of extended periods of foreign travel, wearing a uniform, poor wages, etc are also found in other jobs to a greater or lesser extent.
Still not clear to me why you need a town centre recruiting office (they nearly always seem to be completely empty of customers --well the one in Queens Road does anyway) to get all this across, or indeed why you need a recruitment office in order to meet an existing member of the army prior to signing on the dotted line -- that could easily be arranged in other ways.
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Think it would be unprofessional of the Armed forces not to have advice on offer in the high street for people thinking of Joining. Joining the Armed Forces must me a big career move.
When you go in to these offices you want to speak to somebody who has served themselfes, who can offer the best advice to people and see what careers are on offer.
I just couldn't imagine a Recruitment Consultant offering the same advice here.
 


Westdene Seagull

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Oct 27, 2003
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soistes said:
Just as a matter of interest, why do we need specialist army recruiting offices in town centres anyway? Most other employers in the public and private sectors seem to manage to recruit their staff without going to these lengths, e.g. by advertising or using generic recruitment offices. Seems a bit archaic to me.
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Out of interest where do you expect people wanting to join the Army, RAF or Navy to go for their initial assessments and interviews ? As someone who applied to the RAF many moons ago I was very grateful that the initial interviews were local and that only after decent assessment was I sent to an RAF base ( Biggin Hill ).
 






The Spanish

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soistes said:
Just as a matter of interest, why do we need specialist army recruiting offices in town centres anyway? Most other employers in the public and private sectors seem to manage to recruit their staff without going to these lengths, e.g. by advertising or using generic recruitment offices. Seems a bit archaic to me.
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yeah they should just put an advert in the Guardian jobs pullout
 
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pasty

pasty

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Jul 5, 2003
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soistes said:
Just as a matter of interest, why do we need specialist army recruiting offices in town centres anyway? Most other employers in the public and private sectors seem to manage to recruit their staff without going to these lengths, e.g. by advertising or using generic recruitment offices. Seems a bit archaic to me.
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Had the one in Queens Road, which incidentally used to be solely an RAF one, not been there in 1982 I would never have joined up. I was walking past it one day and saw in the window they were recruiting catering staff, and as I was sort-off in catering thought "that might be an idea". Three months later I was in the RAF, never having even dreamed of joining the forces before.
 


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soistes

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Westdene Seagull said:
Out of interest where do you expect people wanting to join the Army, RAF or Navy to go for their initial assessments and interviews ? As someone who applied to the RAF many moons ago I was very grateful that the initial interviews were local and that only after decent assessment was I sent to an RAF base ( Biggin Hill ).
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Surely you could do assessments and interviews locally, when required, without having a permanent office in the high street?
 




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soistes

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pasty said:
Had the one in Queens Road, which incidentally used to be solely an RAF one, not been there in 1982 I would never have joined up. I was walking past it one day and saw in the window they were recruiting catering staff, and as I was sort-off in catering thought "that might be an idea". Three months later I was in the RAF, never having even dreamed of joining the forces before.
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Fair enough. I guess it must work to some extent otherwise they wouldn't go to the expense of keeping them open. I still wonder whether it's the most effective way, however.
 




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dougdeep

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You'd have thought that yesterday's postal bomb news might have made it into today's papers. Still I suppose it was a little windy.
 




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soistes

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Vegas Seagull said:
So, tell me which UK company employs 10,000+ to work abroad which a REAL chance of being killed?
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You've missed the point - I wasn't saying that any organisation had exactly the same combination of characteristics that the army does, simply that any one of the characteristics that makes the army special or different can be found to a greater or lesser extent in one or more other occupations. There are several occupations which statistics suggest have high rates of risk of death at work.
Anyway, even if they didn't, most people with half a brain must have a fairly clear idea that if you join the army you're likely to travel abroad, with risk of death or injury. I still reckon that you don't need a permanently staffed office on the high street of every town to get that message across.
To be honest, I'd rather they saved the money and spent it on reintegrating ex-forces personnel into civilian work and society, where the Army's record is hardly brilliant.
 


The Spanish

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soistes said:
Surely you could do assessments and interviews locally, when required, without having a permanent office in the high street?
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and why would that be better?

who would administer renting ad hoc offices for individual interviews up and down the country, day in day out?

high streets are dreary enough anyway, its good that places where people can call in and get advice havent been closed. perhaps there are more modern and at first glance cost effective ways of recruiting for the armed forces, but i dont really see why this is an issue. unless you are looking for a vacant property and plan to open up a pound shop.
 






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dougdeep

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HawkTheSeagull said:
This, even for todays "bombs" it isnt that big a news story according to the BBC.
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Teletext says that the bombs were in the South East of England. I guess they don't know where Oxford is.
 




Charlies Shinpad

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soistes said:
You've missed the point - I wasn't saying that any organisation had exactly the same combination of characteristics that the army does, simply that any one of the characteristics that makes the army special or different can be found to a greater or lesser extent in one or more other occupations. There are several occupations which statistics suggest have high rates of risk of death at work.
Anyway, even if they didn't, most people with half a brain must have a fairly clear idea that if you join the army you're likely to travel abroad, with risk of death or injury. I still reckon that you don't need a permanently staffed office on the high street of every town to get that message across.
To be honest, I'd rather they saved the money and spent it on reintegrating ex-forces personnel into civilian work and society, where the Army's record is hardly brilliant.
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Every town you say ?? Just Chichester and Brighton in this area.

So you just want any Tom Dick or Harry walking into a Military barracks to ask about joining up then ?
Just Pop into Pompey Dockyard and walk onto a Navy ship and ask to see the skipper about life in the RN, you know it makes sense
 










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