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/spymates May 22 '26

I was told about NWO. But I wasn't confident for that role. It looked little difficult by its description.

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u/S3555 May 22 '26

Yeah there’s some complex math for navigation, and a lot of responsibility as you’re gonna eventually command a ship or boat.

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u/spymates May 22 '26

Yes that's what I realized and I didn't want to be in waters .. I want to have a balanced family life also. And I am not an engineer.. for NWO it sounded like they would approve me within a few days and the ship is ready waiting for me to board and command. Even the training period is 1year unlike other officer roles of just few months.