I remember talking to a recruiter several years ago. I was 22, had just had my daughter and trying to go to college, work, and raise a family wasn’t working out for me. I went to talk to a recruiter and he pulled up my ASVAB scores from high school. I can’t remember the actual score, but I was either in the 98th or 2nd percentile. I know he told me that I scored higher than 98% of the population.
We were looking at jobs that were available and because I was raised by an over protective single mother, I wanted to do something where I would be outdoors, learn survival skills, possibly be in hand to hand combat, take college courses, and become an officer…so there was a position available where he told me that I would be forward observing for artillery. That sounded just like what I wanted to do.
The recruiter did a double take and looked at me like I was stupid! He kept reiterating that I qualified for ALL the jobs he was recruiting for, and if I was sure that’s what I wanted to do.
I was 12lbs overweight for my height & he told me to come back once I lost the weight, and he never persued me again. People have told me that he did me a favor by not actively recruiting me. Is this true?
