Marine Corps MOS · Support

4810 Career Recruiting Officer

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Overview

A Career Recruiting Officer advises command groups on the training and employment of recruiting personnel and helps develop plans for accomplishing recruiting missions. The officer designs and reviews recruiting policies, reports on unit proficiency, briefs commanders, and mentors officers and Marines to improve command effectiveness.

Core Skills

  • Recruiting unit proficiency measurement and reporting
  • Recruiting operational planning and command advising
  • Performance-based mentoring of recruiting personnel

Civilian Career Paths

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Recruitment Specialist

Training and employing recruiting personnel, supporting recruiting operational plans, and measuring unit proficiency transfer to civilian recruitment operations.

How to prepare: Complete a civilian recruiting course covering applicant screening and Equal Employment Opportunity requirements. Human resources specialists typically need a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, communications, or a related field, and some positions require relevant work experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Workday software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 4810

    [1] MOS 4810 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 14726; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Recruiting unit proficiency measurement and reporting, Recruiting operational planning and command advising, Performance-based mentoring of recruiting personnel, Recruitment Specialist (O*NET 13-1071.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 4810: Related SOC titles · MOS 4810 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Recruitment Specialist (O*NET 13-1071.00)

  2. O*NET: Human Resources Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Recruitment Specialist (O*NET 13-1071.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Human Resources Specialists

    [4] What They Do; Recruitment specialists; How to Become One, Education and certification sections; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Recruitment Specialist (O*NET 13-1071.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 4810

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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