US Army Recruiting - Innovation Directorate

We want to welcome our first cohort of Indies to the INN-D! Please meet - LTC Heather Ritchey, PMP LTC Jake Reidel CPT Brad Warren CPT Kate M. CPT Katy Dula CPT Jonathan Dencker These amazing problem solvers have been with us about a month now and they’ve injected themselves into key processes across the enterprise. We’re very excited to see where they lead us. #ArmyInnovation #RethinkRecruiting

U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is an amazing team, and we are proud to be a very small part of the work that was done across the US Army to achieve this milestone! Our work has just begun. We’re excited to see what challenges we can tackle in FY25 and beyond. Stay tuned for new experiments and please message us your ideas! #ArmyInnovation #RethinkRecruiting

🌟 We are #HIRING the Director of Innovation for U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC)!! 🌟 Want to lead a team of 40 professionals running experiments and developing concepts for #ArmyRecruiting? Apply today!!! US Army Recruiting - Innovation Directorate #ArmyInnovation #RethinkRecruiting https://lnkd.in/esd7Dsku

We're hiring the Army Recruiting Command senior executive deputy to the commanding general this week! Next week, stay tuned for the Director of Innovation announcement!! #ArmyRecruiting #ArmyInnovation #Hiring

Workforce Redesign is the second of five lines of effort we are working to rethink the way we recruit. As part of this, our new cohorts of 42T and 420Ts are getting new experiences and the opportunity to learn best practices in talent acquisition from a variety of organizations. We're looking forward to seeing what new ideas they bring back from their training-with-industry experience! #BeAllYouCanBe

We're testing out a unique idea this weekend, leveraging the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum and GigEagle to get some of the most creative minds in the defense innovation space together for a weekend micro-hackathon on a recruiting innovation concept with takeaways that we can implement and collect data on starting immediately. Want to roll up your sleeves and help us make change? Reach out to Jesse Levin and team below. #ArmyInnovation #ArmyRecruitingChallenge

Team, watch this space and watch USAJOBS because we've got some exciting news coming over the next few weeks! We're going to be picking the starting lineup for the Innovation Directorate! The Innovation Directorate is headquartered in downtown Chicago and closely tied through data, analytics, and outreach with the Army Enterprise Marketing Office (AEMO). As a part of the Army's new three-star direct reporting headquarters, our job is to foster and synchronize innovation across marketing, enlisted recruiting, and officer accessions, and tie into our headquarters' larger talent acquisition strategy! Like the sound of that? Well...how would you like to run it? We'll soon be hiring our first Director! As an SES-1 based out of Chicago, you'll run a diverse team of professionals with skills and roles ranging from data analytics to tech innovation, from talent acquisition strategy to outreach and communication, experimental operations and experimental marketing. Your staff of 40 hand-picked experts across these domains will be primarily located in Chicago with remote opportunities - and A LOT of travel opportunities - available! Expected outcomes of this role: - A clear innovation strategy exists for the organization - Innovation strategy is understood and endorsed by command senior leaders - A well-balanced innovation portfolio, roadmap, outcomes, and metrics exist to drive and assess progress - Innovation portfolio, roadmap, outcomes, and metrics are aligned with command campaign goals - The command is able to scale, integrate, and assess innovations in a timely manner - Innovations differentiate the command’s ability to solve complex problems and provide unique value to senior leaders - The command has a thriving innovation culture that promotes ideas from throughout the organization to identify and solve problems rapidly Interested in learning more about the role or the team? Please reach out to COL Kris Saling and Mr. Dan Shrimpton, who are currently holding down the fort for Team Innovation! #ArmyInnovation #ArmyRecruiting #RethinkRecruiting

So, a recent panel I was on got a great question. "Given the difference in compensation and benefits, why would someone talented choose a job with the US Army?" This is a great question because it challenges the assumption that a lot of organizations make, that talent is only there for the money. Bad assumption. Talent is drawn to your organization by two things - quality of work and quality of life. Money contributes to quality of life, for sure, but you need both elements. So let's talk about what draws people to problem sets within the DoD. ☑ Tackling meaningful problems. We attract people to the Army because we have a unique mission and purpose, and allow people to tackle complex and impactful challenges. This sense of purpose and impact isn't something you can buy. ☑ The benefits ain't half bad. When you look beyond raw compensation, we offer a lot when you look at paid time off, healthcare, retirement, and stability, because we have those in spades. ☑ There are opportunities for growth. You might not see those at first glance, because we DO have people who join us in a civilian role and...stay there. And stay there. But they're becoming less of a norm. Often, people stay with a job about 3 years and move to other positions, which is easy to do once you're already in the federal service. Somewhat like our PCS cycle. ☑ There's a sense of fulfilment from service, and that alone creates a compelling argument. The sense of community, shared mission, and the knowledge that your work contributes to the greater good provides a huge draw to talent - and it's why a lot of folks stay. So, choosing an Army civilian career in technology is not about the job, but about being part of something bigger, a mission that encourages you to innovate, grow, and make a significant impact. Or at least that's what we're aiming to create with the US Army Recruiting - Innovation Directorate. We have 21 civilian roles currently pending classification that we hope to have out for applications in September 2024. These roles will be technical and tactical both, helping us design and execute experiments on behalf of Army talent acquisition, helping us innovate, helping us market, and helping us connect. If you're interested, follow the Innovation Directorate page - we'll be sharing INN-D information there and I'll be reposting here. If you love hard problems, expeditionary data collection and analysis, building new systems and processes, traveling to observe our recruiting stations and processes, talking to Soldiers, Recruiters, families, and the American public, and helping us build the biggest and most powerful bench we can build to fight and win our nation's wars, if any of the things I talked about that draw talented people to public service appeal to you...have we got some opportunities coming up! Stay tuned! #ArmyInnovation #ArmyRecruitingInnovation #INND #ThinkIndependently

Kicking off this year’s #ConversationWithIndustry with some great insights on data, predictability, and readiness from United States Army Human Resources Command!

Hello? Is this thing on? 🎤 Here we are, about ready to make our debut as the newest part of the US Army’s Recruting Enterprise transformation at United States Army Human Resources Command and U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC)’s #ConversationWithIndustry tomorrow, 11 April! Follow us for more information about how you can partner with and support our experiments and prototypes! ⭐️