The British Royal Navy has resorted to LinkedIn to fill a vacancy for a submarine Rear-Admiral.
The unconventional recruitment process comes as the Navy struggles to find new talent.
A former submariner called the LinkedIn search for such a senior role “utterly shameful.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new job advertisement posted by the British Royal Navy on LinkedIn is calling for candidates interested in the role of submarine Rear-Admiral, The Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Navy is seeking a candidate to replace the current Rear-Admiral Simon Asquith as Director of Submarines and become responsible for “highly classified stealth, elite operations and Trident, our nuclear deterrent,” per the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chosen applicant, who will reportedly earn a salary of around $190,000 a year, must be a member of the reserves or have served in the regular forces, the advertisement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unusual recruitment process for such a senior role was described as “utterly shameful” by one former senior submariner, The Times of London reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another Navy source told the publication that it was “unprecedented,” adding that the Royal Navy was clearly struggling to find the right candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Tom Sharpe, a former Navy commander, defended the move, telling The Telegraph: “In an ideal world, the Royal Navy would select from within \u2013 but we’re not in one, so throwing the net a little wider for this role makes some sense to me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The British armed forces have struggled to find new talent as numbers of active personnel continue to dwindle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The overall number of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel dropped by 1,450 from October 2022 to October 2023 \u2014 a 3.7% decrease, according to UK Ministry of Defence figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of active personnel across the UK’s armed forces fell by 3.9% over the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Navy is so short on manpower that it has to decommission two warships, The Telegraph also reported this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Royal Navy did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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