End-of-pilot assessment of the U.S. Army's consolidated recruiting program / Bruce R. Orvis, [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orvis, Bruce R., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Army.

Recruiting and enlistment.

Physical Description:

xi, 65 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Summary:

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) mandated a pilot test of a program in which Army recruiters were authorized to recruit individuals into any of the three components and to receive credit for an enlistee for a period of not less than three years. This report provides the following: details about the design of the pilot test; a three-year analysis of the effects that consolidated recruiting efforts had on the ability of recruiters to attract and place qualified candidates; a determination of the extent to which consolidating recruiting efforts affected efficiency; and a discussion of challenges associated with a recruiter working to recruit individuals to enlist in a component in which the recruiter may not have served and of the satisfaction of recruiters with the pilot program. Overall, the program's effects on contracts and efficiency were small and not statistically meaningful. Given the absence of statistically or substantively meaningful effects on contract production or recruiting efficiency, as well as certain stakeholder concerns, the Army decided to terminate the pilot program after the third year. Weaknesses in the implementation of the program are highly likely to have contributed to the absence of meaningful differences in production between the test and comparison sites. But on balance, considering the organizational and operational changes required and related costs, the study team concluded that it is not likely that the Army can, particularly in the near term, overcome the challenges to launch a successful cross-component recruiting program.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction

Army Recruiting

Expected Outcomes

ch. Two Pilot Design

Pilot Activity

ch. Three Quantitative Results

Ability of Recruiters to Attract and Place Qualified Candidates

Increased Efficiency

Cross-Component Contracts

ch. Four Qualitative Results: Conversations with Recruiters and Command Leadership

Positive Aspects, or Strengths, of the CRP

Negative Aspects, or Challenges, of the CRP

ch. Five Review of Final Results of the Consolidated Recruiting Program Pilot Test and Their Implications

Literature and Design of Pilot

Effects of the Pilot on Recruiting

Summary of CRP Strengths and Weaknesses

Closing Thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1977408915

9781977408914

OCLC:

1322051242