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This smacks of desperation and a the realisation that our brown colleagues are so short of numbers anyone will do.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...uitment-drive-calling-Snowflakes-sign-up.html

Hard to see this gaining any traction with it's supposed target audience but no doubt a highly paid focus group came up with this jolly wheeze after a QUANGO funded brainstorming session. I await the RAF version, have you made Airfix kits, stared at the sky, flown abroad to go on holiday, like the colour blue etc etc.
 
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It only took a few hours for the posters to be edited. Some of them are brilliant!! Is it right to share them on here?
 
Whatever happened to just stating what a job entails and what benefits it can offer you? The Navy seem to persistently get it right whilst the RAF and Army seem to always underperform in this area?
 
Vim_Fuego said:
The Navy seem to persistently get it right whilst the RAF and Army seem to always underperform in this area?
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The RAF outperforms the Navy and Army in recruitment figures year on year hitting a bigger % of it's target.
 
Always have to remember that A, we’re not the target market for these adds, and B, a bit like the singing insurance seller, it’s got nothing to do with the product but does raise awareness, all the meme adds are just free publicity.

The Army’s got to do something, saw an article yesterday which said they had 14,500 leavers last year, thats getting on close to 20%.


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On listening to this on Radio 5 for the first time yesterday I genuinely thought it was a wind-up. Alas it wasn't. No. That came about 2 mins into an interview with some Lt Col/Col/Bri (can't remember exactly which) as some head of Army Recruiting who stated that these people "will get the opportunity to join the BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD".

It's nice to see the delusional arrogance that cost us dearly in Afghanistan and Iraq still exists with Armed Forces such as the USA, Israel and China considered being mere plebs compared to us..............................................
 
A few old colleagues of mine (all of them are old, ex and non ex-military) The few Ex'ers I know who work for the Capita crew who are working with the recruitment side of things are so embarrassed with this stuff. One of them said that he has forced his boss to drop his KPI's rather than see him leave.
 
Downsizer said:
The RAF outperforms the Navy and Army in recruitment figures year on year hitting a bigger % of it's target.
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I’m sure it does and my comment wasn’t based on stats as I don’t ha them...it’s more of a personal observation based on which advert gets my juices flowing!

The RAF have a better than average chance as if you do a modicum of research we still seem to have the better press. The Army and Marines has had a good few years of flag draped coffins and TV specials/Invictus with lots of limbs missing...the Navy struggles especially in the sub-surface sector as people just don’t seem to want to go under for months on end for the current money which was good but has now faded over time and tiny pay rises...plus with just 19 principal ships and horrendous serviceability any potential recruit who talks to a current Matlow might not get the best picture. The RAF on the other hand still has some draw. P8 and F-35 just coming in...E3D replacement getting some traction, lots of airframes that are used in the civvy world and what vases are left are in some reasonable places.
 
Seeing the future Subbers not wishing to apply, maybe if more push for female or whatever the non gender title they use now as Subby's. Army missing a trick in not employing more foreign labour sorry new recruits. In light of CBI and Trade Union bodies consider employing Eastern European workers more than British. Then a drive by our MOD to recruit via agencies to seek Poles Romanian Albanians Bulgarians etc. NHS and other similar bodies do this with no issue. We already have over a million and a half of Poles on and under the radar in England. Granted the Gurkha's could be expanded and Scots if they consider themselves British anymore in light of Muter Sturgeon campaign.:PDT_Xtremez_15:
 
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Seeing the future Subbers not wishing to apply, maybe if more push for female or whatever the non gender title they use now as Subby's. Army missing a trick in not employing more foreign labour sorry new recruits. In light of CBI and Trade Union bodies consider employing Eastern European workers more than British. Then a drive by our MOD to recruit via agencies to seek Poles Romanian Albanians Bulgarians etc. NHS and other similar bodies do this with no issue. We already have over a million and a half of Poles on and under the radar in England. Granted the Gurkha's could be expanded and Scots if they consider themselves British anymore in light of Muter Sturgeon campaign.:PDT_Xtremez_15:
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How are you going to recruit more non Brits when post brexit they tighten up the immigration rules which state you have to earn more than 30k. Have a word with yourself.

The NHS is losing loads of nurses because of the uncertainty of brexit.

I'm a citizen not a subject
 
Rugby-Jock-Lad said:
It's nice to see the delusional arrogance that cost us dearly in Afghanistan and Iraq still exists with Armed Forces such as the USA, Israel and China considered being mere plebs compared to us..............................................
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You’ve hit the nail on the head there RJL, delusional arrogance is exactly what it is, and until it changes, the Military are fcuked.
 
SAXAVORDIAN said:
Seeing the future Subbers not wishing to apply, maybe if more push for female or whatever the non gender title they use now as Subby's. Army missing a trick in not employing more foreign labour sorry new recruits. In light of CBI and Trade Union bodies consider employing Eastern European workers more than British. Then a drive by our MOD to recruit via agencies to seek Poles Romanian Albanians Bulgarians etc. NHS and other similar bodies do this with no issue. We already have over a million and a half of Poles on and under the radar in England. Granted the Gurkha's could be expanded and Scots if they consider themselves British anymore in light of Muter Sturgeon campaign.:PDT_Xtremez_15:
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900,000 polish living in UK.

I'm a citizen not a subject
 
justintime129 said:
900,000 polish living in UK.

I'm a citizen not a subject
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I personally wouldn’t have a problem with a newly formed Polish Brigade. Good fighters, strongly patriotic and many have familial links with the U.K. The issue would probably the sub-standard pay they’d receive when jobs outside could pay so much more.
 
Tin basher said:
One of the Army bods used on the recruiting posters is not a happy bunny that they used his image without asking.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-used-controversial-recruitment-campaign.html

Off to civvy street as soon as possible apparently:S
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I genuinely hope the lad finds the most cut-throat firm of solicitors and sues the crap out of the MOD - resulting in an offensively large payout for Defamation (and probably Harassment/ Bullying.)

Whether he then chooses to stay in or leave is up to him, but I hope the MOD get soundly ****ed and have to grovel and hand over a pile of cash
 
justintime129 said:
900,000 polish living in UK.

I'm a citizen not a subject
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Thats registered figures no one know actual figures. Still the idea sound as the Eastern Europeans could if the MOD Harsed form the similar setup during WW2 but in peacetime to fill the gaps. Have to look at reality in regards to Brits quality if their asking for Snowflakes to join up. No different when YTS during the eighties all was to fill a gap. The Army have Gurkha's so why not advertise for Eastern Europeans instead.
 
FootTapper said:
I genuinely hope the lad finds the most cut-throat firm of solicitors and sues the crap out of the MOD - resulting in an offensively large payout for Defamation (and probably Harassment/ Bullying.)

Whether he then chooses to stay in or leave is up to him, but I hope the MOD get soundly ****ed and have to grovel and hand over a pile of cash
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So military humour is officially no longer thing now?


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SAXAVORDIAN said:
Thats registered figures no one know actual figures. Still the idea sound as the Eastern Europeans could if the MOD Harsed form the similar setup during WW2 but in peacetime to fill the gaps. Have to look at reality in regards to Brits quality if their asking for Snowflakes to join up. No different when YTS during the eighties all was to fill a gap. The Army have Gurkha's so why not advertise for Eastern Europeans instead.
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Why would you want to live under the radar when you could come and work legally.

I'm a citizen not a subject
 
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