Reserve Command Recruiting Service seeks applicants Published Jan. 7, 2008 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- The Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service is now seeking applicants to fill recruiting positions in locations across the globe. In addition to finding qualified applicants for careers in the Air Force Reserve, a recruiter interacts with the community and serves as a representative of the Reserve 24 hour a day "We're always looking for enthusiastic, qualified people. If you are motivated to excel, perform above the status quo, and are physically and morally fit this could be the career move you've been looking for," said Chief Master Sgt. Dave Schoch, chief of the AFRC Recruiting Service training branch. The application process begins with a face-to-face interview with the local senior recruiter. "If you meet the qualifications you will be asked to complete a packet, to include a current physical," Chief Schoch said. "The packet will be sent to our headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., to the recruiter selection board for evaluation." If selected, applicants attend an evaluation and selection course at the recruiting service headquarters here. Applicants are evaluated on "potential to become a successful recruiter. The course is five-days long designed to introduce prospective candidates to reserve recruiting. During this course, candidates will undergo an open-ranks inspection, participate in physical training, give speeches and complete memorization work. Challenges are progressive. The top candidates are afforded the opportunity to attend the recruiter class. The recruiting course at Lackland AFB, Texas, is six-weeks long. "This is one of the most challenging technical schools in the Air Force. These six weeks will prepare you to be a mission-ready recruiter," said Senior Master Sgt. Barry Kowald, an instructor at the school. "Standards here are high." Instruction includes Air Force Reserve benefits and entitlements, program selection criteria, advertising and promotion, community relations, speech and salesmanship. Course emphasis is on student performance and practical application. Tech. Sgt. James Dock, a reserve recruiter at Tampa, Fla., said he understands the importance of his job. "As a recruiter you will help others make decisions that will affect them the rest of their lives," Sergeant Dock said. "We're the gateway to an amazing future as Citizen Airmen." He's been a recruiter for two and half years, and formerly served as a medical administrator at MacDill AFB, Fla. He said there's been no more fulfilling job than the one he's had as a recruiter. "As recruiter, it gives me an opportunity to provide people some guidance in their lives and help them reach a lifelong goal," he added. An initial recruiting tour of extended active duty can last up to four years. Tour extensions are reserved for those who "meet or exceed the highest standards of conduct, demeanor, appearance, integrity, production and acceptance of responsibility," Chief Schoch said. For more, contact the local Air Force Reserve recruiter or senior recruiter in your area, or call Master Sgt. Briana Ontiveros, the training NCO at the headquarters, at DSN 497-0630 or commercial (478) 327-0630.