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Well here goes, I found a lot of these stories helpful so i though I would give it a go. Hopefully this might help someone who is looking into joining or wants an idea of how the process is these days.
After a couple years of looking into the army reserve and looking around at this web site, I finally get a drive down to Pembroke to my local regiment (1st Air defence) and hand in my application. This happens on 19/11/05. When I get there I find out that the recruiter had left to go to north bay even after I called earlier telling him I was coming in. So I handed in my application to a corporal and she told me she would hand it in to the recruiter. OK, so that evening I get a call from the recruiter telling me that everything was good except I forgot to give a photocopy of my sin card and birth certificate ( ugh
) but then he tells me that he would drive down to my town and collect it from me the next morning. Sweet deal i thought. Anywho next morning sipping a hot chocolate in the Timmy's parking lot I see him pull in. So I handed in my photocopy and he tells me I should get a call within 2 weeks for my aptitude test if my references clear. So home I go waiting for him to call hoping that I filled everything out properly.
28/11/05- After I get home from school I go to check my answering machine for ( well guess) and low and behold theres a message! It was the recruiter calling to tell me that my references cleared and that I was scheduled for an aptitude test on Monday Dec 5th. Woohoo! So I cal him back but theres no answer so i leave a message that I was good to go.
01/12/05- Alrighty so I call the recruiting center and talk to a different guy working the office that day. Tell him my situation and he tells me that he already knows about me (made me feel important ;D) and that he would pick me up from my school at quarter to 10 on Monday for my testing) He also tells me that I had my interview that afternoon . OK, so I thanked him, got off the phone and ran to my computer to start researching artillery. (the regiment is air defence but they are changing in the summer) I was also told that I would be in one of the first groups to take artillery training for that regiment (if all my testing goes well). And now I am writing this. So I will update on Monday after my aptitude testand interview. Wow, i actually fell better writing all this out. Cheers
After a couple years of looking into the army reserve and looking around at this web site, I finally get a drive down to Pembroke to my local regiment (1st Air defence) and hand in my application. This happens on 19/11/05. When I get there I find out that the recruiter had left to go to north bay even after I called earlier telling him I was coming in. So I handed in my application to a corporal and she told me she would hand it in to the recruiter. OK, so that evening I get a call from the recruiter telling me that everything was good except I forgot to give a photocopy of my sin card and birth certificate ( ugh
) but then he tells me that he would drive down to my town and collect it from me the next morning. Sweet deal i thought. Anywho next morning sipping a hot chocolate in the Timmy's parking lot I see him pull in. So I handed in my photocopy and he tells me I should get a call within 2 weeks for my aptitude test if my references clear. So home I go waiting for him to call hoping that I filled everything out properly.28/11/05- After I get home from school I go to check my answering machine for ( well guess) and low and behold theres a message! It was the recruiter calling to tell me that my references cleared and that I was scheduled for an aptitude test on Monday Dec 5th. Woohoo! So I cal him back but theres no answer so i leave a message that I was good to go.
01/12/05- Alrighty so I call the recruiting center and talk to a different guy working the office that day. Tell him my situation and he tells me that he already knows about me (made me feel important ;D) and that he would pick me up from my school at quarter to 10 on Monday for my testing) He also tells me that I had my interview that afternoon
. OK, so I thanked him, got off the phone and ran to my computer to start researching artillery. (the regiment is air defence but they are changing in the summer) I was also told that I would be in one of the first groups to take artillery training for that regiment (if all my testing goes well). And now I am writing this. So I will update on Monday after my aptitude testand interview. Wow, i actually fell better writing all this out. Cheers
