Welcome to the Personnel/Manpower AFSC discussion blog. The purpose of this blog is to foster discussion between future Air Force officers interested in the Personnel/Manpower career field and current officers in Personnel/Manpower. The views expressed in this blog are solely the opinions of the individual authors and not of the United States Air Force nor the Department of Defense.
I've been in Personnel for 13 years. Many great aspects. 1. Knowledge...you learn how all the support processes work (e.g. promotions, evals) and become an expert that all the others on base want to know. 2. Instant leadership. In most cases, you're supervising right out of the shoot. Over time you learn how to lead by experience. 3. PCS options. Virtually every base has 37F slots.
Downside: 1. Perception. Some tend to view you as a "desk jockey"...until they need your help with an HR process. 2. Customers. If you don't like people, don't go into this career field. It's all about taking care of the customers and there are a lot of them.
Stealth Cadet, Sorry for the delay in responding. I've had many "best days" so it's tough to pick just one. One at the top of the list was the time the wing commander at my last base called me at home to ask my advice on how to proceed on a complicated separation issue for an airman at the base. I was the MPF Commander, so he knew I had knowledge and trusted me enough to ask for my input. On a separate occassion he called me from the Pentagon after he had PCSd to ask my insight on a promotion question because he didn't feel he was getting the straight scoop from his staff there. Here's the takeway: learn the knowledge and act professionally and you will stand out.
3 comments:
I've been in Personnel for 13 years. Many great aspects.
1. Knowledge...you learn how all the support processes work (e.g. promotions, evals) and become an expert that all the others on base want to know.
2. Instant leadership. In most cases, you're supervising right out of the shoot. Over time you learn how to lead by experience.
3. PCS options. Virtually every base has 37F slots.
Downside:
1. Perception. Some tend to view you as a "desk jockey"...until they need your help with an HR process.
2. Customers. If you don't like people, don't go into this career field. It's all about taking care of the customers and there are a lot of them.
What did your best day look like (so far)?
What about your worst day?
Stealth Cadet,
Sorry for the delay in responding.
I've had many "best days" so it's tough to pick just one. One at the top of the list was the time the wing commander at my last base called me at home to ask my advice on how to proceed on a complicated separation issue for an airman at the base. I was the MPF Commander, so he knew I had knowledge and trusted me enough to ask for my input. On a separate occassion he called me from the Pentagon after he had PCSd to ask my insight on a promotion question because he didn't feel he was getting the straight scoop from his staff there. Here's the takeway: learn the knowledge and act professionally and you will stand out.
Post a Comment