Army Increases Maximum Sign-On Bonus To $50,000 As It Struggles To Find Recruits
By Cullen McCue January 13, 2022 at 2:48pm
New recruits who enlist in certain specialist roles for six years will be offered up to $50,000 in sign-on bonuses, Army Recruiting Command said on Wednesday.
Army sign-on bonuses were previously capped at $40,000. The $10,000 increase is a reflection of a competitive labor market and worker shortages caused by the pandemic, Major General Kevin Vereen, head of Army Recruiting Command, told the Associated Press.
“We are still living the implications of 2020 and the onset of COVID, when the school systems basically shut down,” said Vereen. “We lost a full class of young men and women that we didn’t have contact with, face-to-face.”
The pandemic has hindered the army’s ability to recruit at schools and other in-person events.
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