Recruitment into the Air Force in 10 - 15 years' time
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Little Johnny/Jenny wants:
To be respected (not in a back slapping top job old boy way, but in a 'you're a fighter pilot/sooty/rigger/soldier/sailor, that makes me horny' way)
To blow stuff up.
Money.
Yup, think that's it. So - you PR the job, people join. Think Top Gun, Navy SEALS etc. Keep it dangerous (makes it sexy) and keep it realistic. Flash the toys, weapons, locations (except barracks) and show the ladies/lads falling at their feet.
Sit back and front load OASC because you're going to need all the help you can get. What to do when they find out it's not quite like that? Your problem. Although I suspect they would rapidly set about making sure it was like that.
To be respected (not in a back slapping top job old boy way, but in a 'you're a fighter pilot/sooty/rigger/soldier/sailor, that makes me horny' way)
To blow stuff up.
Money.
Yup, think that's it. So - you PR the job, people join. Think Top Gun, Navy SEALS etc. Keep it dangerous (makes it sexy) and keep it realistic. Flash the toys, weapons, locations (except barracks) and show the ladies/lads falling at their feet.
Sit back and front load OASC because you're going to need all the help you can get. What to do when they find out it's not quite like that? Your problem. Although I suspect they would rapidly set about making sure it was like that.
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Somewhere between hope and despair
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Dallas,
Hear hear.
the practical obstacle of recycling our managers every 2 years when they're posted, plus a prevalent culture that believes change=progress=personal advancement, when that equation is far from sound, and I think we need to streamline management and empower people closer to the shop floor
