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NEWS ABOUT: recruits

recruits stories: 6 news summaries

Case of Autistic Marine Sheds Light on Recruitment Ethics 

Struggling to fill quotas, recruiters' practices called into question

Jul 6, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Operating in a war-weary America, military recruiters face a difficult task—and some are skirting ethics to fill their quotas, the Los Angeles Times reports. While substantiated cases against recruiters are relatively few—593 claims were verified in fiscal 2007, which saw 319,229 enlistees—the case of an autistic... More »

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 Older Recruits 
 Grapple With Army Life 

Unemployment pushes steady stream of 'Pops' and 'Gramps' into the military

Jun 18, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A steady stream of over-35s have been joining the Army since the age limit was raised to 42, and both sides have had plenty of adjusting to do, the New York Times reports in a look at the 3,800 older recruits, whose numbers, though small, have surged this year... More »

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 Psst, Fat Boy: 
 Uncle Sam Wants You 

Military tells recruits with high BMI that they can sign up now, lose weight later

Jan 5, 09 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - To reel in more recruits, the US Army is relaxing weight restrictions on would-be soldiers. A waiver program gives outsize volunteers a year after signing up to get in shape, measured by body-mass index, or be booted, the Christian Science Monitor reports. With the youthful population consuming more and exercising... More »

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India: 20 Recruited With Mumbai Gunmen at Large

Police release names, planning details

Dec 9, 08 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian police say the 10 Mumbai attackers were among 30 recruits selected for suicide missions—and they don’t know the whereabouts of the rest. There was no indication that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were in India, but the police commissioner says news that others were willing to die—provided by... More »

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Pakistan • India • police • recruits • terrorist • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

Battle for Tech-Savvy
New Grads Heats Up

Geeks are a hot commodity on the job market

Jun 29, 07 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Demand for students and recent grads with top-notch tech skills is higher than it's been in over a decade, thanks in part to banks and securities firms waging the recruiting wars alongside Silicon Valley giants such as Google. Bloomberg goes inside the process of wooing the so-called millennials, born between... More »

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Number of
Black Recruits Plummets

Job market, family pressure contribute
to 38% decline

Jun 25, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of blacks signing up for the military has dropped 38% since the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, reports the AP. The number of new active-duty and reserve recruits fell from 51,500 in 2001 to less than 32,000 in 2006, reflecting both greater job opportunities... More »

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