Also, performance evaluations by the instructors will take place week 6. Students who remain to finish the course prepare in earnest for recruiting duty during week 6. They go out to recruiting stations in the vicinity, where they spend time with working recruiters and learn how to implement classroom knowledge. Calif. This allows them to prepare those who they recruit for boot camp. This week is spent tying up administrative loose ends.
Students undergo an inspection in preparation for recruiting duty, followed by graduation.
According to most of the instructors, the toughest part of the course is communication skills. Historically, the majority of those who do not graduate from the course have failed as a result of the communications skills and sales portion. Nothing is worse than telling a poster Marine that he or she can't be a recruiter because of poor communication skills. Communication skills are not easily acquired. Even Marines who have excelled in their military occupational specialty in the past may find it difficult to learn effective communication skills, which provide the foundation for selling skills.