Book Description
Transformation of the U.S. Army into the Future Force involves changes to missions, systems, and organizational structures. To realize the full potential of transformation, the Army must have the means to select and to assign high quality individuals who, as first-term Soldiers, can meet the training and operational demands emerging with transformation to the Future Force. This report is part of a series of research product reports that provide potential users information on products resulting from a project titled New Predictors for Selecting and Assigning Future Army Soldiers (Select21). The goal of Select21 is to (a) develop and validate new performance predictor measures and (b) propose use of the most promising measures as a entry-level selection and classification system adapted to the demands of the 21st century. The present report describes the predicted job performance requirements of all future entry-level Army jobs, regardless of Military Occupational Specialty. These future performance requirements are characterized in three complementary ways: first, in terms of future anticipated conditions (e.g., increased pace); second, in terms of performance dimensions (e.g., communication, teamwork); and third, in terms of the specific tasks Soldiers need to be able to perform.