Air Force restarts job reservation system May 1 Published April 20, 2004 WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- As part of force-shaping efforts, the Air Force will restart the career job reservation system May 1.The CJR system will reduce career field shortages and overages, and balance the career force within each skill, according to officials. The CJR system allows Air Force officials to limit the number of first-term Airmen re-enlistments in certain skills.Beginning May 1, all first-term Airmen must have an approved CJR before they may re-enlist. Airmen serving in CJR-constrained skills must compete for a CJR quota. A list of 30 CJR-constrained specialties can be reviewed at local military personnel flights.Four-year enlistees may apply for CJRs on the first duty day of the month during which they complete 35 months on their current enlistments, but no later than the last duty day of the month during which they complete 43 months of their enlistments. For six-year enlistees, the must apply between 59 months and 67 months.“The CJR system is not new to the Air Force,” said Lt. Col. Kim Haney, chief of the skills management branch in the Pentagon. “During our years of poor retention, CJRs became automatic for all first-term Airmen because we needed every Airman to re-enlist in his or her specialty.“Now that our retention has significantly improved, we need to enhance our force-shaping efforts,” Colonel Haney said. “So, it is necessary to constrain re-enlistments within certain Air Force specialties.”Local MPF re-enlistment office officials have more information.