Australian Army Discussions and Updates

[old faithful]

I'm done discussing this.
They were only hiring females in that role at that time.
It's a moot point if they were better candidates or not, they did not meet the criteria, that criteria being that they were recruiting females.
As for Zac Rolfe? Wtf?!
Are referring to the kumajai walker case?
If so you have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[jeffb]

Were we ever having a true discussion?

I'd love to see some links to this time period where the Army was only recruiting only female infanteers. Not pulling this piss, genuinely interested.

In the meantime, for anyone else reading, there are potentially some other causes for someone to be turned away for seemingly no reason. The recruit course is a pipeline to IETs, if there are no spots at IETs then yes people might be turned away. If they are only interested in that one ECN and not the ADF in general then tough luck. Usually someone that is only interested in one role and nothing else is going to flag some other issues during the recruitment process.

If females are enlisting as general combat they can be sent in different directions if after getting to Kapooka they still want to pursue that path, lets be honest most don't and fill other positions.

I think there were regional quotas for each ECN in the past? Not sure if that's still a thing?

 

[seaspear]

Is there a need for more recruitment from reserves to full time A.D.F ? Would sign up bonuses assist? certainly a recruitment drive for the reserves may assist in bringing in skills that would be of use for those that did not want to commit to full time at first?

 

[StevoJH]

Would speeding up the recruitment process and enlarging the training pipeline be beneficial? Even if there is increased wastage during the training phase?

If you end up with too many people at the end of the pipeline, offer people an early exit as long as they agree to a reserve commitment of equal duration to the remainder of their full time contract.

Given the uncertain world we live in, would that be beneficial or just cause more problems?

 

[Anthony_B_78]

Would speeding up the recruitment process and enlarging the training pipeline be beneficial? Even if there is increased wastage during the training phase?

If you end up with too many people at the end of the pipeline, offer people an early exit as long as they agree to a reserve commitment of equal duration to the remainder of their full time contract.

Given the uncertain world we live in, would that be beneficial or just cause more problems?

It would cost more, but is absolutely what we should do.