The Role of the Job Counselor in the Military Enlistment Process/MR-315

Asch, Beth J.

Karoly, Lynn A.

Reference

UNKNO

A Theory of Military Compensation and Personnel Policy/ MR-439

Warner, John T.

Military Support for Youth Development: An Exploratory Analysis

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Planners and policymakers concerned with recruiting have seen indications of increased difficulty in meeting recruiting goals. To examine this potential problem, the report reviews, in considerable detail, service by service, the evolution of recruiter incentive plans over the last 15 to 20 years, describing how these plans have changed over time.

Encouraging Recruiter Achievement: A Recent History of Recruiter Incentive Programs

Engineering & Transportation

Oken, Carole

Engineering

RAND Corporation

As a means of facilitating the defense drawdown, the Department of Defense offered eligible personnel either the Voluntary Separation Incentive or the Special Separation Bonus (VSI/SSB), a program to induce mid-career personnel to separate from service.  Two key questions for policymakers concerned about the success of this program are (1) Did the program induce substantial separations (over and above what would normally occur)? and (2) Did the program induce marginal performers to leave?  In this report we use data on Army enlisted personnel to answer these questions. We estimate that the VSI/SSB program increased separations by 13 percentage points over and above what we would have expected for personnel who met the eligibility criteria during the drawdown.  We also found that those who were low-quality were more likely to accept the VSI/SSB offer.

An Examination of the Effects of Voluntary Separation Incentives

History

Military

Rand Publishing

<p>Based on indications of increased difficulty in meeting recruiting goals, in spring 1994 the Army Chief of Staff and the Deputy of Secretary of Defense asked RAND to examine recent trends in the recruiting market and to assesss their implications for meeting accession requirements. An initial examination of the 1994 market concluded that the pool of interested high-quality young men was adequate to meet DoD needs. But the system appeared to be less effective in tapping into this supply of potential enlistees. The longer-term analysis, reported here, confirms the reduced effectiveness of recruiting, and also finds that the significant increase in FY97's accessions required to sustain the postdrawdown force, coupled with a smaller decline in youth's interest in military service, translates into a possible supply shortage.</p>

Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlook, and Implications

Orvis, Bruce R.

<p>Although polls of Hispanic youth show a strong propensity to serve in the military, Hispanics are nonetheless underrepresented among military recruits. The authors discuss the major characteristics that disproportionately disqualify Hispanic youth and explore actions that could be taken to increase Hispanic enlistments.</p>

Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Buck, Christopher

Loughran, David S.

Klerman, Jacob Alex

Kleykamp, Meredith

Since 2000, black representation among highquality recruits in the Army has decreased, while Hispanic representation has increased; in the Navy, black representation has remained stable and Hispanic representation has increased. The authors identify factors that explain these trends and consider which policies are likely to be most effective in increasing highquality enlistments among black, Hispanic, and white youth.

Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends in the Army and Navy?

To determine whether enlistment and reenlistment bonuses are effective in maintaining or increasing the supply of personnel to the armed forces, the authors provide an empirical analysis of bonuses' effects. They developed models to assess whether bonuses have contributed to recruiting success and retention, whether they have been used flexibly, and whether they have been used efficiently, using data for each service, but particularly the Army.

Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Business & Money

Hosek, James

HEATON, Paul

Martorell, Francisco

Simon, Curtis

Finance

Reserve Participation and Cost Under a New Approach to Reserve Compensation (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Mattock, Michael G.

Management & Leadership

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