hi all,
ive had all my interviews and when i talk to my recruiter he seems like a genuine bloke who is interested in moving my application forward, but ive been told twice now that ill be booked in for selection and then heard nothing .and im pretty sure i havent come across as a bit of a mong, but when you add on all the time spent trying to get past the medical and adsc losing my forms and such, its been 16 months since i first applied and ive yet to even get to adsc, so its starting to feel like im being mucked about a bit. To join the army is a massive thing for me, which is why ived persevered for this long, but so far ive effectively wasted a year and a half of my life waiting around for things to move forward. Its geting to the point now where i am thinking i am being given the run around and just wondered if anone else had any knowledge on the state of recruiting at the moment? or wether or not the cuts in manpower are affecting recruitment?

16 months?! I was in phase 1 within 3 months of my initial chat at the careers office.

youre joking right?

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I can see your difficulty, you don't want to be seen as difficult but, on the other hand you suspect that you are being stuffed around.

Originally Posted by PrinceAlbert

16 months?! I was in phase 1 within 3 months of my initial chat at the careers office.

How long ago was this though Prince Albert?

When I first read the the title, my initial thought was, ''oh here we go, another, 'I've been waiting a month and no start date wah wah wah'. But upon reading it I think you have a valid point cause 16 months waiting before even getting to ADSC is a very long time. I mean when I start basic in june I'll have been in the process for 19 months but that includes a 3 months deferral at the very start of my app.

Have you been deferred for anything medical etc at all? Just seems 16 months with almost no progress is ridiculous. I mean, my recruiter has been calling me all the time to check i'm still alive and to offer me jobs that had come up.

I doubt you've made a bad impression because otherwise they would just cancel your application and tell you to flog off.

i did have some problems with the medical, got deffered then, they lost my excercise diary and took them months to find it, so the medical alone probably ate up around six months

Originally Posted by JammieDodger

How long ago was this though Prince Albert?

1994

OK Im answering in here rather than IMing back.....16 months is not a long time and if your Recruiter doesn't believe that your going to get a very High B grade or A grade to give you a chance of getting allocated then things can get delayed until YOUR RECRUITER believes you are ready. Lots of applicants believe they are ready to get the best IDST score ever at ADSC but believe me taking an extra few months to gain more confidence, experience, improve fitness etc is well worth the wait and get you higher up on the awaiting allocations list once in. Places are getting harder to get ...if you didnt notice theres a Recession on and massive unemployment meaning more applicants trying to get in with fewer places (many of those applying will not meet the grade). Not knowing the OPs individual case the only people who can answer this are his Recruiter/ Senior Recruiter but if he has passed both those interviews and just awaiting an ADSC date then he will be told as soon as he is loaded as they will of clicked him over and awaiting the date to go on the system...this can take anywhere from a few days to 2-3 weeks as he has already been told......there may be other reasons but all you can do is speak with your own Recruiter rather than getting speculation from here.......I do hope that after all your complaining your going to smash out the highest A grade seen at ADSC, just remember 12 months of that 16 months you were medically deferred which has nothing to do with your Recruiter.....also if you were told in Feb 2011 it was 12 months medical deferrment that has only just finished.

Originally Posted by The_IRON

things can get delayed until YOUR RECRUITER believes you are ready.

That just reinforces that fact that I am awesome!