Third quarter is a bust

In recruiting its easy to go from hero to zero, and this time I am a zero. Second quarter I was 140% of mission for the quarter and over 100% for the year so far. As of yesterday I am 50% for third quarter (which just ended) and down one for the year. Go figure that one. I had such a bust rate at MEPS this quarter, people fessing up for stuff they didn't bother to tell me, even after scrutiny by office partners.

I am also still waiting on a waiver I submitted June 12, and for some reason still hasn't made it way to NGB. When I ask why, I get a bunch of excuses. But according to my NCOIC, its my fault for not making sure it got there. "Squeaky wheel gets the grease" he says. Well, I guess they must be out of grease, cuz I wasn't squeaking, it was more of a roar.

So anyways, my NCOIC are going to have a conversation about my production. Mind you, they took away 2 of my producing schools and my best zip code to recruit out of to give it to another NCOIC's area for a zip code that has a crappy school, 20% can pass the ASVAB, in a deal that we definitely got a short end of the stick, especially me. So I have 1/2 the area that I get auto leads from and only one school worth anything. I have 2 schools, one is a silver mine, not quite gold, and the other is an inner city school, where we tested 30 kids, and one passed, and she was 300 lbs with asthma and one leg. Now granted, I can achieve my mission, I plan on making 150% this quarter. I will have one this week, if this applicant would have enlisted last week I would not be in a hot seat. But she had drama at home. No drama this week, that makes one down, and 2 to go for July. One lined up as soon as he clears meps with his over 40 yr old stuff and a few more on on the fringe. I will once again be a hero soon enough. Hero means more time for golf in the morning and my NCOIC never visits me.

Wish me luck and good hunting.