WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals. The decision follows a move in December 2022 to […]
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of Indians flocked to a recruitment center on Thursday for jobs that would take them to Israel despite the three-month Israeli-Hamas war that is devastating Gaza and threatening to ignite the wider Middle East. Many among the crowd of men, mostly skilled construction workers and laborers, said they would take […]
Jan. 11—CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s fire departments are the second state entity to consider rehiring retired personnel amid a depleting workforce. With limited budgets that barely cover the costs of equipment, maintenance and fuel, rural fire districts depend on volunteer firefighters to staff their departments. Fire Chief Derek Walls, who oversees Laramie County Fire District 5, […]
Ukraine is developing a digital recruitment project for the armed forces that will specifically target suitable candidates for drone operation, Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on national television on Jan. 7. The project is currently in its final stages, with beta tests already underway to find pilot-operators for an attack […]
Vladimir Putin‘s United Russia party has acquired its own private army, the so-called private military company (PMC) Española, and is actively recruiting football ultras (the most hot-headed football fans), ultranationalists and civilians from impoverished regions of the Russian Federation and the occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: Defence Intelligence notes […]
If you have a LinkedIn or other job search account, then you’ve likely had a recruiter slip into your DMs with some “amazing” opportunity. But, have you ever had a recruiter from a former job reach out? Well, that’s what happened to redditor slobberypuppykisses, who we’ll call SPK for short. Violetastoimenova / Getty Images In […]
The lifeblood of Rockland’s fire and other emergency services are volunteers. The county’s 26 fire companies, ambulance corps, multiple governments, and schools go to great lengths to recruit and retain first responders. The volunteers save lives and property and taxpayers millions of dollars in the costs of a paid fire department. Rockland Emergency Medical Services […]