The Process of Selecting New Career Employees

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-00699A000100050007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 April 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR: Tho CIA Career Service Board.
FROTI: The Professional Selection Penal
SUBJYCT: The Process of Selecting New Career Eeployees
le The professional Selection Panel was requested by the
CIA Career Service Board to make "pacific receireteneetions with
reapect to the process of selecting new emploYeest
2, 10 believe that ceftaislbsele change") in policiee
governing career employees are necessary if the Agencyle +=rear
prograM is to be effective0 .Until these basic chaneee are made
it is unrealietic to develop a detailed precodure Air se cting
career employees?
30 We therefore submit for your teeneideration the following
conclusions'
a. Appointments to the career ateff shell be made on a
triareeervice basis?
be The trialeserviee period ehall be two yearn
of In exceptional individual eases the initial triale
eervree period may be extended
cle On oonpletion of the trialeservice period a final
determination Shell be made as to whether the individual
ia suitable for ,career employment?
(1) If found suitable his statue as a, permanent
member of the career staff shall be confirmed?
(2) if found unsuitable his employment as a
member of the career staff uhall be terminated ? such
termination shall not render the individual ineligible
for employment by the Agency in another category?,
ee Members of the career staff may oexupy either nete.
proassional or prefeseional positions,
to The final determination of suitability f career
employment (in d above)shally for employee in professional
positions be made by a epecial melection process
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140. Recommendatioce
Ao That the CIA Career Service Board adopt the above
conclusicas as Agency polictro
lip That the Board instruct this Panel to develop
selection procedures based thereon()
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