FDO said:"Closed" is a term we use to describe whether there are any opening. It doesn't matter, Officer or NCM. Combat Engineer (NCM) is closed, Construction Engineer (Officer) is still open.
Every Recruiting Centre has access to the numbers of openings in ALL trades. It is a realtime number. I can tell you exactly at any given time (from my office) how many openings there are in any trade in the CF.
Why they didin't tell you it was close to closing could be for any number of reasons. We do, on occasion get runs on trades. We may have several of the same trade get selected on the same day. Toronto has 4 Dets that cover over 7 million people. It's not uncommon to select 4 or 5 of one trade at a time. Now consider there are 10 other Centres with several Dets each. When you started the process there could have been 8 or 10 positions. After two weeks that goes down to 4 then next day 0.
It happens. Make the call, wait or take another trade. Makes no difference to us except that your file is gathering dust. Alas bear in mind, summer in Bootcamp isn't all that much fun either!
Maybe word's gotten out that Combat Engineers don't have to work in the cold or snowFDO said:We were looking for 285 Combat engineers this year. Must be a good job.
I'll take the heat and the rain over the cold and the snow any day
Journeyman said:Maybe word's gotten out that Combat Engineers don't have to work in the cold or snow
Bob1987 said:Hello, I'm wondering if I have been given false information by recruiter, I had my interview sept 29 , 09 . I also applied for combat engineer , the recruiter told me there were still around 30 openings , should I call back this week and see if there was a mistake?
George Wallace said:You know Bob; that may be a good idea. The guys here would never post false information now would they?
The advice of waiting it out and competing against a much larger number of prospects in the future, or selecting a Trade that interests you and is open , is here to get you thinking. Some will opt out and wait. Others may find that there is some other Trade that they will like to try. In some cases, those who are opting for the wait, will find that the Trade they waited for, for so long, really isn't what they thought and may land up wanting out of it later.
We can't live your life for you. We can give you advice. It is up to you whether you listen to it or not.