Talk:RCMP recruiting

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[edit] My own subjective understanding of recruitment

For over 2 years I worked with an RCMP volunteer organization, and thus I had a lot of opportunity to meet people who applied with the RCMP, and seeing many of them rejected. To me, the recruitment process is extremely flawed. Many outstanding candidates, many of them who possess university degrees, volunteer experience, and good character get rejected, while many individuals who are very much dumb and corrupt get hired by the RCMP. The whole process seems to be slanted to let corrupt people get into the force, and to keep the best and the brightest out. It really puzzles me.

For example, one girl I knew had outstanding leadership qualities, good character, a university degree, and tons of volunteer work, but she was rejected. Another guy I knew volunteered at over 6 places over 8 years, putting in as much as 20 hours a week of volunteer work, but was also rejected. This candidate also possessed a university degree.

During the intake interview, the interviewer(s) never look at one's resume and give virtually no weight to one's educational record. Also, almost all the questions are about what one has done in the past, with no consideration for one's current positions or one's potential future growth. I am not suggesting that all those hired by the RCMP are corrupt, but I do know that those hired really are not the best that the RCMP could hire. Almost no business would reject candidates with high levels of education, leadership qualities, and outstanding volunteer work, but the RCMP does.

It is quite scary when one sees some of the people that the RCMP hires. Many of them seem egoistic, selfish, and devoid of moral direction. Being an avid reader of The Province, I read numerous stories about RCMP corruption, and it is clear that high levels of corruption within the RCMP today are tired to the flawed recruitment process.

[edit] Discrimination

After reading this article, as well as many others on the recruitment process of the RCMP, it has become clear to me that today's process is corrupted with discrimination. I understand that the RCMP wants diversity, but preferring females, asians, blacks and aboriginals over white males is simply disgusting. I was surprised to hear that such a respected government service was as dirt-low as this.

The RCMP should be an equal opportunity employer, not a racist, sexist, biased employer.

Squadcar56 20:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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