RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2000
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• Content Type: REPORT

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RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT
1. Recruitment Secures High Quality Applicants, as Needs Decline; Keeps
Profile Low on Campus. ~ In our recruitment activity this year, we held to the
twin objectives of a "low profile" of academic recruitment and obtainment of
a steady flow of qualified candidates in selected fields.
---- LOW PROFILE' RECRUITMENT: Having had. four years of recruitment expe-
rience under conditions of campus dissent, we have refined procedures and
established guidelines for minimizing confrontations. Our "confrontations"
box score declined from 37,incid.ents in FY 1969 (77 in FY 1968) to 7 in
FY 1970.
---- ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SCIENTISTS: A steady flow of candidates in tra-
ditionally hard-to-get fields was aided by a softening of the labor market,
precipitated notably by a reduction in the aerospace and electronic in-
dustries. New recruitment sources plus easing of the market brought a
dramatic improvement in the supply of applicants with skills previously
in short supply. For example:
FY 1969 FY 1970
Engineers & scientists
Mathematicians & Computer Specs.
Cartographers & PI
Economic Researchers
---- CONTRACT AND OC TYPES DOWN: Contract applicants were sharply reduced,
mainly attributable to reduced SOD requirements. Communicators went down,
per slackening of demand, from 1IIE9 applicant cases in FY 1969 to 203 in
FY 1970.
---- COOP LEVEL ABOUT SAME: Coop and summer intern strengths stayed about
the same as last Year (FY 1970: 97 coops and 32 summer interns). The
Support Services and NPIC are contemplating increased usage of these Programs.
---- WRITE-INS UP: Big this year were "write-ins," stemming from market
conditions and our advertising success. We jumped from about 1800 in FY 1969
to 8000 in FY 1970 and followed up on approximately 1700. Thanks to care-
ful screening, we have acquired a good take from these self-recruited
candidates, proving the program to be a valuable recruitment source;
2. Placement Emphasizes Close Monitoring of Applicants With Eye to Ceiling
Conditions and Meets Its Targets: With close monitoring of accessions, in rela-
tion to the FY 1970 ceiling target and anticipated separations, the Agency
finished i15 under ceiling, as of 30 June 1970.
---- EOD'S AND SEPARATIONS MATCHED AND CEILING MET: During the Year the
Staff' Personnel Division (SPD) assumed responsibility for preparing the
Advanced Staffing Plan and targeting input action. The projections of
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year end civilian on duty strength were quite accurate total 25X9A2
versus ton duty as of 30 June 1970). Total civil. 's were
Rou a ec__ e of 116 over last year, while civilian separatiops were
aequal in FY 1970 and. FY 1969 respectively).
- OP INITIATED SECURITY PROCESSING OF SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS:
One of the most significant developments in placement work this year was
the security initiation by OP of 182 scientists and mathematicians against
unspecified Agency needs. The action was designed to lessen preliminary
shopping and to reduce shopping time. Total security initiations were down
from 3910 in FY 1969 to 3755 in 1970 (CT - 13.6; Prof. (non-CT) - 1023;
Clerical -- 2231; and Others, including non-GS - 385). Over one-third of
the non-CT professional and technical security initiations were for the
Intelligence Directorate; most of the remainder were for the S&T Director-
ate and the Office of Coanmunications.
- DESIRED CLERICAL LEVELS MAINTAINED: Controlled clerical input was
achieved at the rate of 180 security initiations a month and transfer of
about - clericals a month to the components.
- RANGING AT RANDOM: A new Recruitment Guide, centering on the qual:i.fi-
cations of applicants. rather than the characteristics of position vacancies,
replaced the old Recruitment Requisitions. During the Year, Branch names
were changed, and the Clerical Staffing Branch was transferred to SPD from
the Recruitment Division. We did business, including monitoring and ceiling
control functions, with the Directorates and components under conditions
of mutual confidence and agreement. This bodes well for the future.
3. Military Strength Was Reduced and We Cut the Size of MMPD: During the Year,
we effected a reduction of three slots in -Mobilization and Military Personnel
Division, as we met requirements for military personnel and worked towards new
or significantly changed programs, such as reservist training and the Civilian
Reserve.
---- AGENCY MILITARY STRENGTH: We started with ^ and finished with K9A2
in FY 1 0. Strength of Agency-sponsored military reserve units decreased
from and employee-reservists whose records are controlled by
the military departments remained about the same = on 30 June 1969 and
on 30 June 1970). 25X9
---- CIVILIAN RESERVE IMPROVEMENTS: The Deputy Directors approved policy
guidelines for the Civilian Reserve Program. It establishes the CR Direc-
tory as a central, computerized data bank. 265 Civilian Reserve nominees
were contacted this Year as to their availability, and Marticipants ' 25X9
were contacted concerning their continuing availability.
-- TRAINING OF RESERVISTS: "US Involvement in SE Asia," a new two-week
reserve training program, has been developed by MMPD for its first running
this fall. .
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---- RANGING AT RANDOM: Five occupational deferments were requested. _ 25X9
Agency employees, with military reserve status, were processed. for assign-
ments overseas or returning to the United States.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
(Retirement, Insurance, Awards, Personal Affairs,
Contract Personnel, Employee Services)
1. This Year's External Developments in the Field of Retirement Plus Internal
Action on a Voluntary Investment Plan Were Major Concerns of OP.
---- RETIREMENT LOAD WENT UP: Pre-counseling sessions dropped to 6)+0 (al-
most entirely involving 1971E retirees) from 111-00 last Fiscal Year ("catch-
up it program for those then on board within retirement zone). The increase
in retirements (361 in FY 1970; 331 in FY 1969) brought a much heavier work-
load of discussions with employees, interested in retirement or in learning
more about it -- 2225 individual interviews in FY 1970 and 5625 annuity
estimates. (The latter increased from 21100 last Year.) CIARDS retirees,
now numbering 500, required hundreds of bulk or individual pieces of cor-
respondence to be prepared.
---- VOLUNTARY INVESTMENT PLANS A NEW RESPONSIBILITY: We are now ready to
go, after having worked out administrative systems, forms and procedures.
If and when the Plan is qualified by the Internal Revenue Service, our in-
volvement will be a heavy one, a circumstance we are pleased. to accept.
---- RANGING AT RANDOM: Plans are in the works to obtain better information
from CIARDS retirees in our follow-up program. We are firmly fixed in a
five year cycle for scheduling the Retirement Information Seminar, and. we
plan to institute group counseling sessions at the component levels a year
ahead of the retirement of employees concerned.
2. FEHA Insurance Open Season Declared and UBLIC Coverage Increased 20o at No
Expense.
---- FEHA OPEN SEASON RESULTED IN SOME SHIFT FROM ASSOCIATED BENEFIT PLAN:
CSC declared open season in November 1969 on health insurance enrollments
(chance to enroll or change plans). 3?+9 employees transferred from Asso-
ciation Benefit Plan (ABP) and 78 transferred to it. Most employees leaving
ABP for other plans were in their twenties and apparently did so for greater
maternity benefits. Since the open season, we received an OK to raise hos-
pitalization expenses for maternity confinement from $30 a day to full
coverage and benefits for doctor charges were substantially raised.
---- UBLIC COVERAGE INCREASES: The 20% increased coverage for UBLIC policy-
holders occurred because of a marked improvement in claims experience.
3. Contract Personnel. Workload Was Comparable to Last Year While Gains were
Scored in Providing New Benefits.
---- NEW BENEFITS MADE AVAILABLE: Agreement was struck with Department of
Labor and CSC to allow unemployment compensation benefits to contract per--
sonnel with Social Security coverage. Repeated efforts to provide better
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retirement coverage for non-staff personnel than. has occurred under the
handling of ad hoc cases have culminated in a new policy proposal. (Ap-
proval, regulation-writing and administrative actions lay ahead..) . Nego-
tiations with have permitted establishment of a cover
for personnel which will enable us to extend Civil Service, FEGLI
and GEHA benefits to them.
---- RECORDS: Increased use of automatic data processing in contract ad-
ministration and records reduction drew considerable attention.
It. There Were More Deaths Than Last Year; Casualty Claims Were About Same Levels.
---- 40 DEATHS THIS YEAR: Employee deaths were eight over last Year (Aver-
age age of )18.2). Heart conditions caused 15, and cancer Ill.. Fortunately,
only two accidental deaths occurred (9 last Year), and only one in per-
formance of duty (hepatitis).
---- SIMILAR VOLUME OF CASUALTY CLAIMS : The overall workload did not
significantly vary from last Year, as illustrated below:
FY 1970
FY 1969
FEGLI Death Claims
36
31
Overseas Hospitalization Cases
502
5116
BEC Claims
520
539
5. Missing In Action Cases and Prisoner Exploitation Committee Command Attention
and Concern. 20,771 DPMO 25X1
---- CONTACTS WITH We maintained continuing contact
with families of our prisoners. No word has been received on the FE employee
We will be occupied for some
time with settlement of affairs in the tragic death of 25X1A
---- PRISONER EXPLOITATION COMMITTEE: The Committee's recommendations,
calling for a training and briefing program for employees going PCS or TDY
to capture areas were forwarded to the DDS. The Committee will continue
to function.
6. Honor and Merit Awards Ceremonies Increased and We Helped Plan for the National
Civil Service League Career Service Award Banquet for Lawrence Houston. All-Time
High Cash Awards of $30,330 Were Granted for Suggestions and Inventions.
---- SUGGESTIONS DOWN SLIGHTLY; SUGGESTION MONEY UP: l78 suggestions were
received, 25 less than last Year (117 adopted.). The average cash award
went up from $2115 to $313. The Support Services led the Directorates in
the adoption rate (45%), and average cash award ($398).
---- TREND TOWARD INCREASED EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION: The Honor Awards Board
acted favorably upon 220 of '221E recommendations (four deferred). The Direc-
tor approved 175 recommendations (5 Distinguished Intelligence Medals;
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3 Intelligence Stars; 50 Intelligence Medals of Merit; 69 Certificates of
DisLinction; and 68 Certificates of Merit),. Over 20% of retirees received
a career award, and over 1)100 requests {or' the Certificate of Exceptional
Service were handled for personnel overseas in hazardous areas. 1211
Length of Service Awards were granted for 10?, 15 and 20 years service.
7. Counseling Involved Increases in Personal and Debt Cases, Mostly Involving
Young People. Many Cases Required Several Discussions.
8. Central Processing Shifted To More TDY Processing Than Before.
---- NEW DUTIES ASSUMED: Clericals, starting in FY 1970, were reimbursed
by Central Processing Branch for EOD travel expenses (day after EOD). We
also started programs of interviewing PCS returnees concerning their lan-
guage proficiency and advising travelers about penalties of drug traffic
overseas.
---- WORKLOAD HIGHLIGHTS: Little change in overall workload occurred.
FY 1970 FY 1969
Overseas Travelers
PCS
TDY
Returnees Processed In
Domestic Travelers
9. Annual Consolidated Fund Drive Pledged 263,192.07 (with a ..goal of 237 ,300).
EAA and PSAS Contributions Wcre 1 ,5 S.Oo and 1 ,0,70 Res~pc ctively,
10. Ranging At Random
---- EAA membership increased 20% since FY 1969. Sales of the EAA store
were significantly up over the preceding Year, and the store became fully
self--sustaining.
---- Blood donations were 1.959 pints in FY 1970, an increase of 268 pints
over last Year.
---- The Welfare Assistance Board was dissolved and its assets
were contributed to the Educational Assistance Fund.
12,695.72)
PLANNING AND CONTROL
1. Planning Effort Concentrated on Problems of Professional Personnel Flow in
Time of Retrenchment and Need for Systematic Review of the Future Personnel Citu-
ation in Career Services and Agency.
---- SYSTEMATIC APPROACH DEVELOPED FOR EVALUATING PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT:
The major planning accomplishment was the development of a systematic ap-
proach for conducting a joint survey by the Office of Personnel and the
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Career Services of the professional manpower situation facing the Agency
in the 1970's. The objective was to relate, in a coherent fashion, the
many elements involved, such as entry rates, succession development, accel-
erated promotion, inter-office and inter.-directorate transfers, career
patterns and promotion and retirement policies. The OP approach would
identify the potential within the several Career Services for maintaining
movement and development by establishing mandatory and eligible retirements
for the decade, and the promotion patterns stemming therefrom. The Career
Services would then estimate their requirements in terms of promotable
people to determine the adequacy of the system to provide promotion and
assignment opportunities. Results are to be reviewed by top management,
to determine changes needed in our personnel management policies.
---- SPECIAL STUDIES: In support of the central theme of professional man-
power flow and development in the seventies, we conducted a number of
studies, including a review of the One Grade Promotion Policy, Techniques
for Increasing Flow such as the "up or out" policy of the Foreign Service,
and the Development of the SP Career Model as a guide to the other Career.
Services.
---- PERSONNEL REGULATIONS ARE CURRENT: In the personnel regulations field,
we are generally current. We served as a focal point for policy changes
growing out of the administrative authorities adoption, particularly in
the areas of tours of duty, home leave, death and retirement benefits and
in Travel Policy Commmittee matters. The Office of Personnel history pro-
ject was advanced by completion of three unit histories, two monographs
and an overview narrative covering 1947 to 1952.
2. Records Management- Was Accomplished with Increased Workloads; Better Man.age_
meat Reporting Was Sought, ? '-~'
---- REPORTS TOTALLY REEXAMINED: Several new or better reports emerged,
among them: On-Duty Strength Report; a Semi Annual Age-Grade Tabulation
and a Language Control Register. OPRED reporting continued as a major
responsibility of OP. We analyzed 715 machine reports in terms of current
requirements with the following results: 63 deleted; 290 continued; 336
continued with modifications, and 26 new requirements identified.
- CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH SIPS: During the Year, we paid close attention
to the human resources work of SIPS and allocated additional staffing to
this important undertaking. As illustrations, we conducted several surveys
among OP units re their requirements for computer data and evaluated SIPS
policy issues and a number of proposed SIPS designs.
---- RANGING AT RANDOM: Record control schedules are current and the OP
record purge destroyed 755 cubic feet of material. The qualifications coding
work was substantially increased as we completed coding of the Agency work
experience of careerists within the Clandestine Service.
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3. Major Emphasis Was Given to Conducting Position Surveys, Current Documenting
of Agency Positions and Equaling Positions with 1.971 Ceiling.
----- CEILING REDUCTIONS CAUSED FLURRY OF ACTIVITY: The implementation of
ceiling reductions resulted in a substantial, increase in the number of
planning papers submitted- 4+6 were reviewed and processed; with a total
position coverage of positions.
---- AVERAGE GRADE CONTROLS UP SLIGHTLY: Although average grade controls
were maintained, where practicable, the Agency average grade rose slightly
(.085) to 10.295. This rate of increase was in consonance with those of
other large agencies.-
----- ROUNDUP OF ACCONSPLISI-IMGNTS: Almost too numerous to mention are the
specifics of the Year's work. Among them, however, mention should be made
of a revision in the Agency's Handbook of Occupational Titles and Codes;
processing of new pay rates; establishing new rate schedules; greater em-
phasis on surveys (32) and documentation of positions (about 1/3 of total
Agency jobs in FY 1970); continuing review of the Govcrnment-wide study of
position evaluation system; and the processing of changes in staffing com-
plements.
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