Met with a recruiter... Deciding on a job

[ghettodub]

As I mentioned before, I'm going to be joining the Navy reserves in the near future, and I had my first meeting with a recruiter yesterday.

Started going through the jobs, so now I'm trying to decide what I want to do as my job. After my initial glances, the two I'm most interested in so far are Hospital Corpsman and an Engineering Aide.

Anyone have any experience in either of these two fields? Any opinions on jobs? Appreciate any feedback.

My next appointment is this saturday morning, so I think I'll dive a bit more in to it then

[fitz19d]

Navy.... Frown Town.

What is it with Mountainous Coloradans always rushing off into the sea.

[ghettodub]

Navy.... Frown Town.

What is it with Mountainous Coloradans always rushing off into the sea.

helpful, thanks...

I'm choosing Navy because my family has been Navy forever.

[fitz19d]

Guess that is a legit reason. Father/brother both went Navy. Left me to weep alone in the army. Laughably brother ended up scrubbing out of his original mos and ended up a seabee and tour in afghanistan.

[JohnTRourke]

Do something that

1. has a real job on the outside. (truck driver, welder (would be my choice, welder's make bank), etc.) so the training is useful if you decide to get out after a while.

2. requires training. (same set of jobs as above). You're "paying" for it one way or another.

3. You enjoy. (don't be a welder cuz it makes bank, be a welder cuz you enjoy fabricating and making and fixing things for example).

4. Can't be outsourced to India/china. (welder, boat captain, medical, etc)


Think further. Your resume has to make sense (i don't know what an engineering aide is, maybe you can explain it to me (as a hiring guy) or maybe I just toss your resume and move on to the next guy. Maybe you are in for 30 years and it never matters. but you never know, and it's smart to plan ahead.

a. thanks for serving.
b. Of course mountainous states want to go to the Navy. new adventure, etc. Makes sense to me.

[stevelkinevil]

The #1 most important thing to remember is a recruiter is basically a used car salesman in a uniform. So choose what YOU want to do and believe only what you see in writing.

PS. not knocking the military as I was in the ARMY myself just a friendly warning.

[ghettodub]

Do something that

1. has a real job on the outside. (truck driver, welder (would be my choice, welder's make bank), etc.) so the training is useful if you decide to get out after a while.

2. requires training. (same set of jobs as above). You're "paying" for it one way or another.

3. You enjoy. (don't be a welder cuz it makes bank, be a welder cuz you enjoy fabricating and making and fixing things for example).

4. Can't be outsourced to India/china. (welder, boat captain, medical, etc)


Think further. Your resume has to make sense (i don't know what an engineering aide is, maybe you can explain it to me (as a hiring guy) or maybe I just toss your resume and move on to the next guy. Maybe you are in for 30 years and it never matters. but you never know, and it's smart to plan ahead.

a. thanks for serving.
b. Of course mountainous states want to go to the Navy. new adventure, etc. Makes sense to me.

Great points, and thanks for your reply. Engineering aide is part of the construction/seebees. The description I got from the materials Draw plans; sketch, map and survey land for construction; estimate material requirements; and test materials.

My current job is as a graphic designer, so seeing something about drawing, mapping, etc, along with since I worked construction in my younger days, sounded interesting to me.

[Combatmatt]

Do something that

1. has a real job on the outside. (truck driver, welder (would be my choice, welder's make bank), etc.) so the training is useful if you decide to get out after a while.

There are lots of career fields in the military that benifit you on the outside (think security clearance type gigs not trigger puller). I was combat arms my first 10 yrs and all it got me was broke, twitchy, and the only job i qualified for was Police. Not that theres anythig wrong with being a cop its just not my slice of pie. The navy has HUGE opportunities in electronics and communications, those are the 70K+ jobs on the outside, particularly because your already trained in and on the most modern systems and add to that you can come out with a security clearance which certain employers factor into your salary (Secret=10-15k, TS=15k+).

Albeit my clothes are green not blue this is something i wish i was told when i was younger.

Good luck, see you on the high ground.