Thank you RUFiO, will do.@bldalton please show your recruiter this. Results have been out for a while now.
Unfortunately I was non-select this year. Don't know why yet, would love to know so I can make improvements. I know its a very competitive program. Thank you all for your comments. I look forward to trying again for FY19. Good luck and congrats to those who were selected.
You know or is that the assumption based on rumor, fact, prior statistics or other intel? I understand you are in the know on a lot of this. My OR said the selectees that were going through the NAS JAX office were all current AD or Reserves. Talked with my OR and we will try it again this year.No masters degree, no relevant experience.
You know or is that the assumption based on rumor, fact or other intel? I understand you are in the know on a lot of this. My OR said the selectees that were going through the NAS JAX office were all current AD or Reserves. Talked with my OR and we will try it again this year.
they want leadership
which requires 4-5 years of relevant experience
Your 3 year time requirement doesn't start until you have your clearance, either fully adjudicated or your interim.You can commission before your clearance is adjudicated.
To add to bubble, clearance hold-ups can potentially make it tough to earn your 3I1 intel PQS within the required 36 mo. of commission. I think it’s extendable to 48 mo. with a waiver, but I have no idea what that process looks like.
RuFIO, would you be able to list on here what they are looking for based on the FY18 board? I'd be willing to look at the Supply as well. I've got 18+ years project management experience.
As far as leadership experience, I've been in my current position as an operations manager for 18 years. I lead a control room and maintenance staff of about 10 people. I was a youth minister for about 4 years while working in my current position and now I'm a deacon at my church, and I've been teaching karate for years. I have proven leadership experience. Maybe I didn't spell it out well enough in my packet. The board members I interviewed with all liked my leadership experience.
Now, I don't have my Master's yet. I've been working on it off and on over the last 7 years. I've been trying to do it at a brick and mortar institution (Florida State University), but with work demands, its been difficult to regularly attend. I'm looking at a couple of online institutions to see how that works out. I've talked to a few admissions counselors. Now, I need to find the $$.
While I'm disappointed I didn't get selected this year, I'm ready and looking forward to getting back on the horse and giving it a go again.
Apples and oranges.In the military world, any 22 year-old who comes out of ROTC and is commissioned is considered a leader, regardless of the duties or day-to-day.
Depends on the industry and what you are doing.You're almost guaranteed to have little to no formal leadership experience 4-5 years in industry.
- De facto leadership roles on the job on critical engineering projects for extended periods of time?
- Running the largest and most active employee network in a soon-to-be 78,000 employee corporation?
- Community service volunteering (warehouses, cleanups, etc.)?
- Serving on the board of a non-profit that promotes ocean conservation and educating youths?
- Teaching kids how to use programmable electronic boards to do cool things with simple robotics?
- Leading every group project you ever did in college?
Sounds great, start it up.For all of us who didn't make it, for the feeling of disappointment and despair, its still awesome to see the backgrounds of folks who made it as well as the potential competition of those of us who didn't [make the cut]. It's time to brush the dirt off and get back on the horse. With enough persistence, patience, and solid improvement with actual experience, we'll get in. But believe me, most of us will be trying again and have some insight into our peer group (even if it is like 1%). And there's a lot that needs to be done over the next six to nine months to be competitive. Just gotta put in the work. And if it doesn't work out, it still wasn't for nothing. If you did these things, you DID improve self as well as many others around you. It just wasn't your turn yet as it wasn't for me. Keep pushing, keep plugging away, and do whatever is necessary, but just don't quit....well, maybe do quit so I can get picked up next go around (j/k, but kinda not really, lol).
Ready for the FY 19 thread to get going with some good info once the time comes around.
Done.Sounds great, start it up.
Seriously?
Depends on the industry and what you are doing.