Homestretch

July was a good month for me, like I said before, I am no superstar recruiter, but I do like to overproduce every once in a while. I was able to enlist three new recruits last month and I already got two lined up for next week.

I got one young lady in the GED plus program, I put her in a medical unit as a NBC specialist right in her hometown, and I got a high school senior in the job with her. Then I enlisted a young man who goes to college in the Infantry. I love putting soldiers in combat jobs. Especially when thetas what they want to do and I don't have to push it myself onto them. I never push a job on anyone unless they want to do something they are not qualified to do. I usually re direct their attention to a job most similar to the other and that usually works. the problem we are running into in my state is actually finding vacant jobs that need to be filled. We as a state have already made our end strength for the year and working on next years. Because we are doing so well, they cut bonuses to certain jobs and tightened the restrictions on who can get a bonus. Only 30 jobs get a bonus and whats available to women is slim unless they don't mind being in the mechanic field.

Now granted, there are many other benefits to joining besides bonus money, buts its nice to get it. I just extended my contract for 6 years and I get not one penny of bonus, in fact been in for 13 years and have received $1250 in bonus. But I didn't join for bonus either. Alot of applicants don't ask about a bonus, and when I tell them they are getting 15k or 20k, they are happy about it and think that I hooked them up. I assure them that they qualified for it and that's why they got it, not because I liked them.

I only need 2 enlistments to close out the fiscal year. Two in two months is easy. I will put in three just so I can say I exceeded mission this year. Gives me bonus that a boy points which I may need to cash in later.

Back to beat the street, work this month, relax next, take some leave to Cali to see my mom and go the see some redwoods.