THE PROCESS OF SELECTING NEW EMPLOYEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-00699A000100050003-0
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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PROC3S OF SFL CTfl G IM-1 PUPILM MI
This material consists of the Professional Selection Pansies
report on "The Process of Selecting Nev Career Emplo s" and a
digest of comments thereon by the Office Career Service Boards.
The CIA Career Service Board at its meeting of 10 March 1953
referred the Staff Study "Oral I cami nation of Applicants", dated
3 February 1953, with the comments by the head of each of the five
major organizational components, to the Professional Selection Panel
for specific recommendations with respect to the process of selecting
now career employees.
The CIA Career Service Board at its meeting of 23 April 1953
considered the Panel's report of 17 April 1953 but tabled it until
the Office Career Service Boards had been given an opportunity to
comment on the Panelus conclusions and recommendationso The Panel's
report and the digest of comments are attached.
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I IOrRA W FORS The CIA Cereer Service Board
FRt94: The Professional Selection 'anol
S(,JB~JI:CTw The Process of Selecting New Career I ployess
1, The Professional Selection Pmel was requested by the CIA Career
Service Board to make specific recommendations with r aspect to the process
of Selecting now employaes
2a We believe that certain basic changes in policies governing career
wploy+ees are neceesaryr if the Agency's career program is to be effeetive0
Until these basic changes are made it is unrealistic to develop a detailed
produce for selecting carer employees.
Via therefore submit for your consideration the following conclusionst
a Appointmaute to the career staff shell be made on a trial-service
basisd
bo The trialsarv5.ce period shall be two years-\\
as In eptional indivicual cases the initial trial-service pe~lod
mW r* extended*
da On cation of the trial.-service period a final determination
shat' be mado as to whether the individual is suitable for career
~npla nt0
(1) If found suitable his status as a permanent member of the
career staff shall be confirmedb
(2) It found uhs:?.itable his employmart as a member of the career
staff she PJ. be terry nated. Such termination shall not render the
indi.viduai inei.tgible for employment b;,r the Agency in another category,,
c, rlombore of the career staff may occupy either nonprofessional or
prefssion al positions,,
f, The final retermnat4on of suitability for on-nor of t
(in'a above) shall,, for employees in professional positions' be mado
by a special. selection process.
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Semvng o tion
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a, . That the CIA Career Service Board adopt the above clusica
as agency policy*
b,a That the Board instruct this Panel to develop se1ectLca pro-
cedl:Yes based thereon o
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