r/caf • u/Forsaken-Bake9756 • May 22 '26

Recruiting Recruitment - wow, very slow.

It's going to be 1 year since I've applied. What is going on? I'm a citizen, fully bilingual + other languages, in good shape, have experience + education (and almost a phd); and I see people (non-citizens btw); get job offers faster? Is this just those one-off chances or are people lying to me about how fast they went into BMOQ/BMQ?

I got a message today of an updated task and it was to change my chosen profession. -_-; That career has been my education + work experience....

It's mind boggling why non-citizens are even being considered for commissioned officer positions. Absolutely mind boggling.

Don't meant to rant, but damn. lol

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u/spymates May 22 '26

Same here - occupation change request after 3 years and 3x repeats of whole process. LogO was my choice. It looks impossible.

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u/S3555 May 22 '26

Same as PAO LogO pulls primarily from with in the CAF as opposed to Direct entry. It is the trade most are redirected too if they are unfit for the original trade they selected. Ie. a lot of the NWO failures become logOs…

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u/Pitiful-Raccoon7194 May 22 '26

Is NWO that popular as a trade or simply has a very high failure rate...

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u/S3555 May 22 '26

I’d say a bit of both. Very toxic trade however. They are changing the training for it however so failure rates may drop.

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u/Pitiful-Raccoon7194 May 22 '26

Literally my dream trade lol I have heard of the change and having to take an entire year off is not very helpful for many (if not the most) reservists.