Attracting "cutting-edge" skills through reserve component participation / 
Gregory F. Treverton ... [et al.]. 
 - xv, 24 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> "National Defense Research Institute." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Framing the Challenge -- Innovations for Meeting Current and Future Skill Needs -- Cutting-Edge Policy Initiatives -- Testing the Agenda. 
<br/><br/> People with complex, hard-to-train skills, such as information technology specialists, linguists, or scientists, are difficult for the military services to attract and retain, especially because there may not be a constant need or career path for them in the military. This report examines five new ideas for attracting such people into the Reserve Component (RC): (1) a Civilian Skills Database; (2) an expanded Individual Ready Reserve program; (3) a tailored version of the Employer Support to Guard and Reserve program; (4) an RC-focused program modeled on the Army's Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) program; and (5) a Critical University Talent Program. The authors discuss the five programs in detail and suggest ways in which they could be pilot-tested. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0833034456 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard Tech. Report. No.: </label>RAND/MR-1729-OSD 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> $18.00  paperback 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003014361 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manpower--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Armed Forces--Occupational specialties.<br/>United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.<br/>United States--Armed Forces--Reserves.<br/>United States--Defense.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA42  / .A88 2003