WEBVTT 00:04.420 --> 00:05.550 - [Narrator] Hello recruiting nation 00:05.550 --> 00:07.670 and welcome to the Big Easy, 00:07.670 --> 00:09.730 the largest port city on the Gulf of Mexico, 00:09.730 --> 00:10.740 home of the Superdome, 00:10.740 --> 00:12.820 and of world famous Bourbon Street. 00:12.820 --> 00:13.653 But it's home to something 00:13.653 --> 00:15.750 even more impressive than all that. 00:15.750 --> 00:17.530 This is the sight of one of the first 00:17.530 --> 00:21.060 Navy Talent Acquisition Groups, NTAG New Orleans. 00:21.060 --> 00:22.630 As with any change their needs to be 00:22.630 --> 00:24.480 people willing to take the leap, 00:24.480 --> 00:26.760 to learn and perfect the new system. 00:26.760 --> 00:27.910 These are those people. 00:28.910 --> 00:33.560 My name is QM1 Gardner, I am sales/sourcer 00:33.560 --> 00:35.300 at NTAG New Orleans. 00:35.300 --> 00:37.890 I go out and I find the people or the talent 00:37.890 --> 00:39.320 that's interested in joining the Navy 00:39.320 --> 00:40.960 or the people that are not aware 00:40.960 --> 00:43.263 that they are interested in joining the Navy. 00:43.263 --> 00:46.010 Back in Legacy or so they call it, 00:46.010 --> 00:47.640 the old system before the TAOC, 00:49.340 --> 00:51.700 you just wasn't sure, life happens, 00:51.700 --> 00:53.300 recruiting happens, and things change 00:53.300 --> 00:54.823 and your hours get extended. 00:55.910 --> 00:58.650 Now you can kinda control it a little bit more 00:58.650 --> 01:01.523 and it's definitely better. 01:08.120 --> 01:09.690 - My name is HM2 Monaghan 01:09.690 --> 01:12.780 and I'm a assessing recruiter in NTAG New Orleans. 01:12.780 --> 01:15.180 So my day to day roles as an assessor 01:15.180 --> 01:18.810 in NTAG New Orleans is completing kits, 01:18.810 --> 01:22.760 documents required to get an applicant to MEPS, 01:22.760 --> 01:24.630 transportation to and from MEPS, 01:24.630 --> 01:27.040 assisting them with selection of a job 01:27.040 --> 01:29.380 and checking to see if they have jobs 01:29.380 --> 01:30.630 that are offered to them. 01:32.950 --> 01:34.950 So my quality of life is a lot better now 01:34.950 --> 01:37.710 because instead of doing the entire recruiting process 01:37.710 --> 01:39.990 from step one, going to get an applicant 01:39.990 --> 01:41.720 hour and a half, two hours away, 01:41.720 --> 01:42.553 doing all the kit work, 01:42.553 --> 01:44.490 driving him and hour and a half, two hours to MEPS, 01:44.490 --> 01:46.040 it's only the one part of it. 01:46.040 --> 01:48.870 Doing the initial kit work, paperwork and 01:48.870 --> 01:51.770 putting them on a shuttle in order for them to go process. 02:00.890 --> 02:02.970 My name is MN1 Lewis Smith, 02:02.970 --> 02:06.060 and I'm an onboard recruiter in NTAG New Orleans. 02:06.060 --> 02:07.590 My day to day roles are pretty much 02:07.590 --> 02:09.900 involving working with future sailors. 02:09.900 --> 02:13.290 Along with that, we spend most time, 02:13.290 --> 02:16.040 phone calls, working out with them, 02:16.040 --> 02:18.130 ensuring that they have everything that they need 02:18.130 --> 02:20.380 mentally and physically preparing them for boot camp, 02:20.380 --> 02:22.900 so that if they have any issues from now 02:22.900 --> 02:24.570 until the time that they ship, 02:24.570 --> 02:26.840 we're able to handle it appropriately. 02:26.840 --> 02:30.340 With the old system, with the NRD system, 02:30.340 --> 02:31.970 a lot of times you're always on the go, 02:31.970 --> 02:34.030 trying to get more and more people in, 02:34.030 --> 02:35.750 and sometimes you get kinda out of touch with 02:35.750 --> 02:37.060 your future sailors. 02:37.060 --> 02:39.930 With this new system, I'm able to work 02:39.930 --> 02:42.220 with these future sailors every day 02:42.220 --> 02:44.830 and ensure that they have everything that they need 02:45.750 --> 02:48.390 before they ship off whether it's personal, 02:48.390 --> 02:50.710 whether it's Navy, if they just need some 02:50.710 --> 02:53.530 time to talk to me, or talk to anyone, 02:53.530 --> 02:57.160 or handle anything that I can do in my power 02:57.160 --> 02:58.580 I think that's a real good thing 02:58.580 --> 03:01.080 so that it eliminates someone's frights 03:01.080 --> 03:03.863 and keeps these young men and women in the Navy. 03:12.530 --> 03:15.653 I care about transformation for my sailors. 03:17.000 --> 03:20.600 Every single one of them is the heart of recruiting. 03:20.600 --> 03:23.490 We can't do our job without those field recruiters 03:23.490 --> 03:26.293 and the leaders that are between me and them. 03:27.180 --> 03:31.020 And for their sake, finding the best way of doing recruiting 03:31.020 --> 03:33.680 with the limited resources that we've been given 03:33.680 --> 03:35.580 is something that I strive as a leader 03:35.580 --> 03:37.223 to make their lives better. 03:38.240 --> 03:41.160 I think New Orleans has been pretty successful, 03:41.160 --> 03:44.660 again the different avenues that we take 03:44.660 --> 03:46.610 to recruiting, you know just the outlook 03:46.610 --> 03:51.010 of how we do business, compared to the Legacy model 03:51.010 --> 03:54.900 has proven to be more efficient and I think that's 03:54.900 --> 03:56.990 kinda one of the key words that we like to use 03:56.990 --> 03:58.660 and transitional efficiency. 03:58.660 --> 04:01.860 So we're definitely more efficient and we're 04:01.860 --> 04:04.830 constantly getting more efficient, each and every month 04:04.830 --> 04:07.680 that we've been doing it so that's one of the main 04:07.680 --> 04:08.630 metrics that I use. 04:10.110 --> 04:11.960 - [Narrator] The effects we've seen here on the sailors, 04:11.960 --> 04:14.120 the recruits and the accession numbers 04:14.120 --> 04:15.860 are the reason we're undergoing these changes 04:15.860 --> 04:16.920 to begin with. 04:16.920 --> 04:19.270 And this positive outcome is not the exception. 04:19.270 --> 04:21.030 Across the country, recruiters are finding 04:21.030 --> 04:23.320 immense success from this new system. 04:23.320 --> 04:24.370 Let's see who's next.