ATTRITION STUDY OF JUNIOR OFFICER TRAINEES AND GRADUATES

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-How many JOT's have entered the Program?
-Did many drop out during their first two years?
-How many "graduates" are still in the Agency?
-Are any members of the first class of 1951 still here?
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These and a number of other questions about JOT's are answered in
the 5 attached Tabs which show accessions from 1951 through 1961 and
losses through 1962 of all trainees who entered the Program during
each of its first 11 years. The '62 class was not included in the study
because some statistics are built on cumulative figures, and these would
be distorted by a large number of recent accessions on vhom the forces
of attrition have not yet done their work. (i keep the record complete,
however, members of the '62 class were still on duty 31
December 1 2.
As interesting as these general questions about JOT's may be, it is
decidedly more revealing and perhaps potentially more useful to look
behind each answer a bit. For the JOT Program is not composed of a
single, homogeneous mass of trainees all of whom behave pretty much alike
with , respect. to attrition. Not at all! Two important groups can be
identified as having loss rates quite different from the others. They
are the military and female JOT's. Perhaps other distinctions as regards
attrition could also be made among JOT groups -- on the basis of age, for
example, or previous Agency experience, or entrance grade. But none would
stand out so sharply and certainly none would have the high loss rates
that these two have.
The title and highlights of each Tab are set forth below:
ATTRITION STUDY
OF
JUNIOR OFFICER TRAINEES AND GRADUATES
JOT LOSSES BY CLASS
ECG? DATE TO 31 Dec. 1962
MALE AND FEMALE
62.6% of all JOT' s who entered the Program from 1951 through 1961 were
still with the Agency on 31 December 1962. This compares very favorably
with the record of the elite Management Intern Program; under which the Civil
Service Commission recruits top college and graduate students for a number
of agencies. 5 of the more than 2,000 interns who have come into that
program since 19947 are still with the Agency that first employed them.
(Another 20% are still in Government but serving with other agencies).
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TAB B
JOT LOSSES BY CLASS
EC1I) DATE TO 31 Dec . 1962
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65.8% of the male JOT's who entered the Program through 1961 are
still in the Agency. If military JOT's were excluded (see Tab D), this
figure would shoot up to 71+.7% a very favorable record by any standard.
TAB C
JOT LOSSES BY CLASS
EOD DATE TO 31 Dec. 1962
FEMALE
Attrition among female JOT's stands at more than 2/3! And the
passing of time for each class doesn't necessarily slow down the rate
of loss among females as it does among males. Of the 29 females who
entered the program during its first 5 years from 1951 through 1955,
only 5 remain - a lose of 83%: It would be rather difficult to
characterize this part of the JOTP as career development.
TAB D
JOT LOSSES BY CLASS
EOD DATE TO 30 June 1962
PARTICIPANTS IN MILITARY PROGRAMS
170 men who became JOT's from 1951 through 1961 entered military
service under JOTP sponsorship. 103 of them (60%) have left the Agency;
and of the 67 still on our rolls, 16 have not yet completed their service
and reverted to civilian status. Losses among military JOT's were
especially high for the 1951 through 1955 classes -- 3/4+ of them are gone.
But the loss rate among more recent classes still continues far above the
loss rate for other male JOT's.
Perhaps even more disturbing is the fact that many military JOT's
who have resigned, especially those hired during the Korean War, did so
without ever serving in the Agency for any appreciable period as civilians.
This problem has greatly lessened in recent years but has not disappeared
and its continuance could well mean that some military JOT's are still
joining the Agency primarily to be sponsored for advantageous military
programs .
TAB E LENGTH OF SERVICE PRIOR TO RESIGNATION
CF JUNIOR ClF 'ICER TRAINEES QR. GRADUATES HIRED
1951 THROUGH 1961
This chart shows that attrition takes its heaviest toyl before JOT's
complete their training and go on to formal assignments. Of the 276 who have
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left the Agency, 173 did so before "graduating". The chart also ahaws
that, for males at least, career intentions beco tae rather firmly
established after five or six years and attrition falls thereafter to
very lop annual rates.
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No. of
JOTS
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. JOT Losses By Class
EOD Date To 31 December 1962
Female
(Trainees and Graduates)
Females
? = Losses
= Still Haployed
Summary for 1951 - 1962
69 = Total EoDs
47 = Total Losses or 68.1%
22 = Total Still Employed or 31.9%
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