Army Recruiting Resourcing System.
Abstract
The U.S. Army Recruiting Command's (USAREC) ability to recruit new soldiers in the quantity and with the quality required to sustain the Regular Army and the Army Reserve depends upon its ability to adjust to changes in the marketplace. Numerous studies have established that the supply of recruits is inversely related to employment opportunities in the civil sector, and, in varying degrees, directly related to the amount of resources employed in the recruiting function. Matching resources against market difficulty is a continuing management function. This report describes the development and operation of a prototype recruiting resourcing system. The system consists of two parts: A Recruiting Difficulty Index (REDIN) times-series model to assist USAREC in forecasting changes in its recruiting market; and, A spreadsheet-based Recruiting Resourcing System (RRS) that integrates the forecasted market conditions from REDIN with the resource requirement needed to achieve USAREC's mission. The REDIN Forecasting Model is the first econometric model that obtained plausible and significant coefficients for all major recruiting resource elements. With the exception of enlistment bonuses, all variables were directly linked to budget elements in RRS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA240445
Entities
People
- Jeff Barnes