By Mal Grieve
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School
children in Brisbane receive recruitment material. ADF members
have been called upon to help meet recruitment targets.
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Photo
by LS Yuri Ramsey
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The
ADF wants to recruit 8500 full-time and part-time
people to join the three Services.
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Brigadier
Simon Gould has specifically been appointed
to the new position of Director General Recruiting
to bring a greater strategic focus to recruitment.
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NEWLY
appointed Director General Defence Force Recruiting Brigadier
Simon Gould has called on every ADF member to assist in recruiting
quality people to the Services.
“We need the help of every member of the ADF across all the
Services and Reserves to meet our recruiting targets,” he
said.
“The ADF – like every other employer in this country
– is trying to deal with the challenge of an economy with
very low unemployment.
“The ADF is looking for the best people to join our team,
and we need to adopt a cooperative approach to achieve our goals.”
“Research shows that 50 per cent of all candidates know someone
in the military – so your involvement cannot be underestimated.”
This year – 2005/06 – the ADF wants to recruit 8500
full-time and part-time people with the right qualities to join
the Navy, Army and Air Force.
Brigadier Gould said that his appointment would help bring a greater
strategic focus to this critical area, recognising that over recent
years the targets set by the Services were not achieved in some
key categories.
“The professional staff in Defence Force Recruiting (DFR)
have worked tirelessly over recent years, but the reality is that
recruitment should be on everyone’s task-list,” he said.
“I firmly believe the Services offer a fantastic range of
career opportunities for young Australians, and every ADF member
needs to convince others to join us.
“But to achieve this, everyone in Defence needs to understand
that recruiting is the first vital step in providing ADF capability.
Every serving member can assist this effort by promoting the role
of their Service to others and referring people to the local DFR
Centre, the website www.defencejobs.gov.au, or via the freecall
number 13 19 01.”
Brigadier Gould said while there was already a lot of support
from ships and units assisting DFR in their community events,
visits or open days and regional recruiting efforts, he was looking
to expand this with the help of soldiers, sailors and airmen.
“While DFR is the primary professional ADF recruiting unit
we don’t have sole rights to all the good ideas for recruiting
potential Service men and women. Remember, some jobs don’t
take a whole air force – but recruiting does,” he said.
Contact Brigadier Gould with suggestions on how to assist the
recruiting effort via email to adf.recruiting@defence.gov.au
