Recruiting Older Youths Insights from a New Survey of Army Recruits

• Main Author: Rostker, Bernard D. (auth)
• Other Authors: Klerman, Jacob Alex (auth), Zander-Cotugno, Megan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Advice on careers & achieving success; Personnel & human resources management; Military history; Business; Management & Organizational Behavior; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The group of high school graduates who did not enlist immediately after graduation but later join the Army has made up a significant and increasing portion of total enlistments. This report presents the results of a survey of 5,000 Army recruits designed to answer questions about why they did not im...