More vacancies of different and important types: military recruiters try to support the army

21 January 17:28

47 recruiting centers of the Ukrainian army are currently offering 10,000 vacancies. Vacancies related to UAVs, driving and shooting are in the greatest demand. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.

According to the Defense Ministry, as of mid-January 2025, the top 7 specialty groups are as follows:

– uAV-related specialties – 16%;

– drivers – 16%;

– shooting specialties – 15%;

– staff positions – 9%;

– artillery – 6%;

– combat medics, paramedics, nurses, doctors – 5%;

– communications and cybersecurity – 5%.

The Ministry of Defense emphasizes that the main advantage of joining the country’s defense through recruitment centers is the ability to choose a specialty according to the candidate’s desire and abilities.

It is also reported that 1,282 people applied to the recruiting centers of the Ukrainian army last week.

In total, there are 47 recruiting centers of the Ukrainian army in Ukraine. Residents of Dnipropetrovs’k, Kharkiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia regions and the city of Kyiv are the most active.

The circle of military recruiters is expanding

Each brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should have its own recruiting unit.

An organizational directive issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in November last year set out the task of creating full-time recruiting units in combat military units. This innovation will allow commanders to improve the organization and support of volunteer recruitment activities.

Also, on the initiative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in October 2024, a decision was made that allowed commanders to recruit volunteers directly to military units without applying to territorial recruitment and social support centers.

In addition, there are recruiting centers in the Army, Navy, Air Assault Forces, Special Operations Forces, and Territorial Defense Forces.

And that’s not all. on December 6, 2023, robota.ua launched the Recruiting for the Defense of Ukraine project. This was reported in Forbes Ukraine. The goal of the project is to provide modern recruiting opportunities for the country’s defense, improve the quality, transparency, and fairness of related processes, and make the search for military vacancies easier for all participants.

For this purpose, a separate platform defence.robota.ua was created, where military units can post vacancies free of charge thanks to cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. During the year of the service’s existence, almost 9,000 vacancies from more than 600 units were posted there, and 55,000 responses to the vacancies were received.

In addition, vacancies from job search platforms, including robota.ua, can be found on the ArmyInform website. Since April 2024, a vacancy aggregator has been launched there. Candidates who are considering them are automatically redirected to the websites of the respective job boards to submit their responses.

Василевич Сергій
Editor