Army ups enlistment age to 42 from 35, eases marijuana restrictions

Given my age, I could almost enlist now! Just kidding! 😊

Aging societies mirrored by aging militaries?

"... The Army’s previous limit was 35, though exceptions are occasionally made. The higher age limit brings the Army in line with other services’ limits of 41 in the Navy and 42 in the Air Force and Space Force ..."

Army ups enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions "New recruiting rules bump the age limit for recruits from 35 to 42. Easing restrictions on a single marijuana possession conviction “accounts for changes in society,” one expert said."

How North Korea recruited a fat lonely lady born in South Korea living in Arizona to infiltrated US companies

What a story!

Software company Palantir thinks college might be a waste, so it’s hiring high-school grads

Will this become a new trend in hiring practices? That some companies have become critical of college degrees as a hiring requirement has been mentioned several times in recent news reports.

"The tech company is offering 22 teens a chance to skip higher education for its “Meritocracy Fellowship”—an experiment launched under Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s thesis that existing American universities are no longer reliable or necessary for training good workers. If fellows do well in the four-month program, they’ll have the opportunity to work full time at Palantir."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Ukraine’s Drone Forces Will Be Double-Trouble for Russia

When will the lethargic and apathetic Russians get rid of Putin the Terrible!

Notice, the Ukraine intends to even recruit wounded and AWOL soldiers to operate the drones!

"Ukraine’s most deadly combat arm, the drone forces, has kicked off a recruiting drive to increase its size from 15,000 to 30,000 pilots, maintenance crew and support personnel, said Maj. Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) in a Thursday statement. ..."

Ukraine’s Drone Forces Will Be Double-Trouble for Russia "The Ukrainian military’s most lethal combat branch – the Unmanned Systems Forces – is planning to double in size. Recruiting efforts target even wounded and AWOL soldiers."

Iraq has Become a Recruiting Ground for Russia’s War Machine

I have been saying here on my blog for some time that the Russo-Ukrainian War is like World War III given all the involved countries!

Google AI search confirms these recruiting efforts by Putin the Terrible!

"... The videos are undeniable. Iraqi boys, some barely out of their teens, stand in Russian uniforms on the frozen frontlines of Ukraine. One of them shivers in the snow and says to the camera that he is “on the frontlines” and may not return. Another confesses: "Don’t let anyone fool you, there is no safety here, the danger is above 95 percent.”

Why would anyone choose this fate? Because recruiters promise them what Iraq has never given them: money, land, and a future. One Iraqi fighter explained the deal in brutal terms—foreign recruits receive a signing bonus of $10,000 to $20,000, a monthly salary of $2,500, a piece of land, and a Russian passport after a year of service. Another adds that if he dies, his family will receive $200,000 in compensation—if his body is ever recovered. In Baghdad, the government offers nothing but unemployment and humiliation. In Moscow, the offer is death packaged as an opportunity. ..."

Iraq Becomes a Recruiting Ground for Russia’s War Machine "Desperation, corruption, and foreign influence are turning young Iraqis into cannon fodder for Russia’s army, dying in a war that has nothing to do with them."

The US Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment

Bad news!

"The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest the service is clawing its way out of a yearslong enlistment crisis.

Nearly one-quarter of soldiers recruited since 2022 have failed to complete their initial contracts, according to internal Army data ...

It remains unclear why the Army is losing so many soldiers, but one explanation could be the declining quality of its recruiting pool. One-quarter of all enlistees last year had to go through at least one of the Future Soldier Preparatory Courses, which were set up as a sort of silver bullet for recruiting woes -- getting applicants up to snuff with academic or body fat enlistment standards before they ship out to basic training.

The military's recruiting challenges have largely centered around finding young Americans eligible to serve, a pool that the Pentagon has estimated at only about 23% of 17- to 24-year-olds. One senior Army official with direct knowledge of the service's recruiting efforts said only about 8% are eligible for a so-called "clean enlistment," meaning the recruit didn't need any waivers or have to attend a prep course. ..."

The Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment | Military.com

Mobilisierungsprobleme in der ukrainischen Armee

Empfehlenswert! Dienst ohne Frist scheint eine Fehlleistung der Ukrainischen Regierung zu sein!

UK's Royal Navy Recruits For Top Job on Social Media and much more with Palki Sharma

Very recommendable! Recruitment crisis of the military in a number of countries! Swelling ranks of criminals in countries with high youth unemployment. What a puzzle to use Palki's word.

US young adults do not Want to Join the military with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! This this is concerning! Will the draft have to be introduced again (equally for women and men)?

Video Recruitment: Apply In 10 Minutes On Your Smartphone

A new, digital age take on the vaunted short impromptu interview!

MyInterview claims that "Team Up With Your ATS [Applicant Tracking System] myInterview plays well with your favorite ATS. With 20+ integrations like Greenhouse, JobAdder, Workable, and Zapier, you'll have all the hiring tools you need to succeed."

"How do you select the best candidate for a job when you have a stack of over 100 applications?

Face-to-face interviews simply aren’t practical at that scale, and resumes give you the hard facts, but miss out on the soft skills.

MyInterview says it is rethinking the “archaic” recruitment process and offering an effective solution for the 21st century: pre-recorded video interviews.

Candidates see a job advertised, click a link, and are asked to respond, in their own time, to a few carefully selected questions. ..."

Video Recruitment: Apply In 10 Minutes On Your Smartphone

Inferring talent on GitHub with AI

Maybe I should publish more code on GitHub too! 😊 Talent discovery made easy!

"What do your GitHub projects reveal about your professional prospects? A new model aims to help recruiters find out.

What’s new: Prog.ai analyzes GitHub repositories to help employers find engineers skilled in particular areas, TechCrunch reported. The beta-test version is available by invitation only, but recruiters can join a waitlist for forthcoming free, professional, and enterprise service tiers.

How it works: The company fine-tuned OpenAI’s GPT-3 on GitHub projects, LinkedIn resumes, and StackOverflow articles to evaluate prospective recruits. ..."

GPT-4 Has Landed, AI Infers Talent, LLaMA Escapes into the Wild, Vision and Language Tightly Bound