Why was my army recruiter in a hurry to enlist me?

Your recruiter was being pushy. As far as your other job, keep it, get your bonus.

I have to disagree with the other poster when he wrote that the ASVAB is only an aptitude test not one that tests knowledge. NOT TRUE. There is very specific information to know that you don't just learn from breathing everyday of your life.

For example, what is a castellated nut? This is not a common term and is an example of some specific information that you might learn by studying. There are a lot of things like that too. While there might be questions which test how you think or arrive at ideas or even information you should have accumulated up until now, study anyway. Take the practice tests.

If you have a higher ASVAB it makes you eligible for more MOSs (enlisted jobs in the Army). Now, they may not all be available at the time you go to the recruiter OR you might have to wait longer for the job you want but still, a higher ASVAB gives you more options.

Good luck and thank you for your service.

Recruiters are held to very high standards and are required to enlist at least 2 people per month (currently). If they fail to enlist 2 people, it goes down in their record as a failure to accomplish the mission. As for the ASVAB, it's an aptitude test not a knowledge test so don't expect studying to greatly affect your score, despite the $40 you may pay for an ASVAB study guide. Point-in-fact, I walked in with a high school technical diploma, straight C student through middle school and high school, took a year of college at a local community college, took the ASVAB at MEPS and scored a 97. This means that of all of the people who take the ASVAB, my score was in the 97th percentile which is why it is literally impossible to get a 100 on the ASVAB. You can score better than 99 percent of the test-takers, but you can't score better than yourself. I would wait the 3 months for the $3000 bonus.

He was being way too pushy. You have to make him work for you. You need to lay the facts out on the table and be very solid about it. Make it known that you WILL NOT be joining until your contract is up. If he is still going at it and has not calmed down at all, I'd find another recruiter or look into another branch. In all honesty, most recruiters will kind of be pushy but shouldn't be THAT pushy. Actually, my Navy recruiter wasn't like that at all. Then again, I walked in dead set on joining because I'd done a year of research and was ready. I told him what I was wanting or expecting out of my time in the service, he answered any questions I had, and pretty much let me do all the talking. He left everything up to me. That's how it should work, and it's a better way to get people to enlist. Pushy recruiters will only scare people away. They do that because they're scared you'll have too much time to think about it and will change your mind. Good luck to you. Hope that guy calms down for you

There is no bonus per recruit.

He is not paid per recruit.

But... he is in sales. His job is to get a contract.

I was a recruiter for the Marine Corps. It was a miserable job trying to find 2 qualified applicants every month. (There are a whole mess of dirtbags you need to sift through.) So, once a recruiter finds a qualified applicant who wants to join, it is imperative to sign him before he changes his mind. But, you don't want to push so hard or come off as desperate that you scare the kid away.

Take your time. The ball is in your court. Meet with the other services and see what they have to offer. Learn about all of your options.

Finish your contract and put the bonus in the bank. As a recruiter, I want you to commit to my branch of service. If you break your commitment with your current job, how can I trust you'll complete your commitment to our country?

let me give you my experience.

I took interest in the army. I was talking to a recruiter for awhile. I am a high school senior. One day, my recruiter texts me and says "Meet me in guidance in 5 minutes" so I did as he asked. He tells me then, we got all the info we need and you are going to the hotel tonight and will swear in tomorrow. I said "umm what? I dont even have an MOS yet." He then tells me that we were going to pick one out right then and there. He made a call and offered me a job I was interested in. I went to the hotel that night and enlisted the next morning.

A lot are. It is their job to get as many qualified people into the military as possible. It is untimely your decision, but they do tend to push you in that direction, just like any sales-man or recruiter.

Because it's his job to enlist you. Why would he want to wait when he could try to get you out right now?

Yes they are all like that, they get paid for the amount of people they get to enlist also they WILL lie to you if its not in your contract it WILL NOT happen. Read very thoroughly thru your contract and make sure everything you discussed is in it... Remember once you sign the ARMY owns you.

98% of recruiters are like that. They get a bonus for each person or a certain number of people they recruit so of course he's trying to get you enlisted ASAP.

1) you got someone pushy

2) he may need a body to fill his quota

Don't let anyone push you into enlisting if you're not ready.