Military recruiters have encouraged people to join the armed forces since the Revolutionary War. During World War I, the iconic "I Want You for the U.S. Army" poster made its first appearance. The poster shows Uncle Sam, a man with a white beard and hat, dressed in red, white, and blue (a personification of the United States), pointing from the poster at readers in an attempt to induce them to join the military. The poster was also used during World War II, and is occasionally referenced in military recruiting ads today.
Recruiting has gone high tech since those days. Today, recruiters use print and broadcast advertisements, e-mails and text messages, and Web sites to reach potential recruits. They also try to reach potential military enlistees by visiting high schools, staffing booths at college fairs, traveling to college campuses, and working at recruiting centers.
- Aeronautical and Aerospace Technicians
- Aerospace Engineers
- Ambassadors
- Architects
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Biosecurity Monitors
- Bodyguards
- Border Patrol Agents
- Campaign Workers
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Computer Network Administrators
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Programmer/Analysts
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Directors of Volunteers
- Drone Pilots
- Economists
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Emergency Management Directors
- Employment Firm Workers
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Environmental Engineers
- EPA Special Agents
- Executive Recruiters
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Flight Instructors
- Fluid Power Technicians
- Foreign Service Officers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Gunsmiths
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Human Resources Consultants
- Human Resources Managers
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Intelligence Officers
- Internet Security Specialists
- Interpreters
- Labor Union Business Agents
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Laser Technicians
- Lobbyists
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Materials Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Meteorologists
- Military Pilots
- Military Police
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Military Workers, Officers
- National Park Service Employees
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Office Administrators
- Optical Engineers
- Park Rangers
- Payroll Directors
- Personnel and Labor Relations Specialists
- Physicists
- Pilots
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Quality Control Engineers
- Quality Control Technicians
- Radiation Protection Technicians
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Retail Business Owners
- Retail Managers
- Robotics Engineers
- Robotics Technicians
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Space Pilots
- Temporary Workers
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Planners
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Workplace Diversity Experts
