Jun 24th, 2005 · The Army and the Marine Corps are fighting the same wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan. They're both suffering casualties. But recent figures suggest the Army is stumbling in recruiting, while the Marines are not. The Army cites a revived competing economy, but the Marines -- and a marketing expert -- say the Marines have a better brand.
May 20th, 2005 · The first Web-based reality show aims to recruit more nurses to address the shortage. Nurse TV will premiere this fall and focus on six nurses living together in a California beach mansion.
May 12th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick chats with Randy and Jason Sklar, host of the ESPN show Cheap Seats, about their visit to a game staged by the World Adult Kickball Association. The group's goal is to recruit "rogue" kickballers.
Apr 4th, 2005 · Monday marks opening day for many baseball teams across the country -- and this season, much of the competition will occur outside of the dugout. Entreprenuers of color are vying to get in on the game through Major League Baseball's diversity business program. NPR's Faria Chideya speaks with Wendy Lewis, MLB's vice president of strategic planning for recruitment and diversity.
Mar 12th, 2005 · New Jersey has become the latest state to recruit renowned photographers to take pictures of foster children available for adoption. Known as a Heart Gallery, the idea is to get the pictures out into the world with the hope that a loving family will respond.
Mar 4th, 2005 · After World War II, South Dakota was the first state to recruit displaced Latvian doctors to practice in underserved rural areas. Reporter Curt Nickisch of South Dakota Public Radio looks at a celebration in Philip, South Dakota, that honors these physicians.
Feb 8th, 2005 · Imagine a Department of Homeland Security recruitment booth in Manhattan's Central Park. Unemployed New Yorkers camp out, hoping for work. Occasionally, everyone breaks into song. This is the musical world created by William "Electric" Black. Jon Kalish reports on the writer-director's latest musical show, Cellphones.
Jan 12th, 2005 · Peter Singer's new book, Children at War, takes a look at the use of children as soldiers -- which happens much more than many of us would like to think. From Afghanistan, Thailand and Lebanon to Sudan, Kosovo and Sierra Leone, Singer examines how children are recruited and indoctrinated into warfare. He also says Western forces should prepare themselves for facing children in battle. Singer is the Olin Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution.