Army 42A mos. hr specialist?
I booked human resources specialist in ft jackson sc with option 4 airborne school. My question is is 42a really that bad of a job. How would I get treated. I'm a guy, would I meet a lot of girls? How are the hours?
Is the Army MOS 42A a good foundation for a career in HR after the Army?
Sorry to post this twice, but I did not receive any insightful answers from my first post. I graduated from college 3 months ago. I majored in psychology (industrial-organizational) and minored in labor studies and employment relations. My ultimate career goals center around HR management and/or I/O psychology consulting. However, due to my current experience level, I am unable to find a job in the HR world. That said, I'm thinking about enlisting as a 42A to get some HR experience (and, of course, to serve my country). And before anyone asks, I doubt I'd get into OCS... my cumulative GPA is only 2.8 (I was a slacker in my early 20's), and I'm now almost 29 years old. So it looks like enlistment is my only option. My specific questions (please feel free to answer any or all of them): Does a 42A MOS qualify as an "exempt" level job necessary to get PHR certification? For prior 42A's who currently work in HR, do you think that this specific MOS prepared you for a private sector career? I keep reading about a 6 year enlistment option that offers both the GI Bill and the College Loan Repayment Program. Can anyone verify the existence of this option? It is my understanding that if I enlist with a college degree, they will make me an E-4 (Specialist). Is this correct? Even without any work experience? Thanks for reading, and thanks for taking the time to answer my questions!
US Army MOS 42A (Human Resource Specialist), where are you?
This Mos is at every level in the Military. From comany level to Corp level. As with any Mos you find people who dont like there job at all, and some that love there job. Most 42 Alpha's that I personally know, like there job. Especially at the upper levels. The more rank you get, obviously the higher level you go. Such as an E-6 is for the most part is at Brigade Level, but not in every case. However in most cases your E-7's go to Brigade and Corp levels. That is where most of the enjoyment of the job comes into play. Realize that as with any job, in the military at any MOS, or in the civilian world. When you first start out, you will have all types of task other than your MOS. As you gain rank then you will do more of supervising and less floor mopping...lol...but all in all I think that you will enjoy this MOS... Hope this helps you out, and good luck
42a Army Reserves.?
On a 6 year contract how many times do you think I would get deployed? Probably ZERO. There is a SMALL possibility you would deploy 1 time. When I do get deployed where do they usually send 42a s? You probably won't deploy. If you deploy, you go where your unit goes. Kuwait and Afghanistan are about the only likely locations. There will be a few deployments for small detachments to many other areas. If you are a 42a where have you been deployed to and what do you do? You go where the unit goes. We had 42As in Iraq and Afghanistan. A 42A will do personnel paperwork, just like they have been trained. If you re in the Army what was your experiences with deployed 42a s? In Iraq, the 42As in the section were worthless. They couldn't collectively write a memo or email without spelling errors.It usually took 3 tries before they put out correct information. If we had questions, we asked senior Soldiers with experience or the active duty 42As. There have only been a couple 42As I would trust with a loaded weapon. In Afghanistan, the 42As we had were a bit better.
What job is 42A in the army?
probably very boring.
Army 42 alpha (human resource specialist)?
I was a 42A for 4 years, with 3-187th Infantry Battalion working in the BN S1 shop. I went to the range probably only 3 times with my unit. We did field marches every Thursday for PT. Lots of running. 5 times in my 4 years did we bother with combatives. I was left back as the Rear-D for 2 real world deployments, so I would have to say that it was not the most tactically exciting job. However, my NCOIC was invovled in the assault into Baghdad. Most of my excitement while in the military was seeing how much red tape I could slip past to ensure that my boys were taken care of- ie promoted on time (or ahead of time), that their pay was correct, evals looked good and that we had all the skilled soldiers that were required to complete the mission, even snaking a couple from units that also needed them, and swindling deals and just generally being as grifty as possible.