JOT RECRUITMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000300050025-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: September 19, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director
(Support)
REFERENCE Memo to DDS fr IG dtd 6 Sept 61 (DDS 61-3050),
same subject
1. I have noted with considerable dismay the contents of subject
memorandum to you from Mr. Kirkpatrick. I do not feel that I can respond
fully or factually to its implied criticisms and recommendations pending
the completion of investigations and studies presently underway. I do
feel, however, that an immediate interim response is both appropriate
and highly desirable to avoid further dissemination of a seemingly unsup-
ported criticism of one of our recruiters, of off-the-cuff assumptions as
to the cause or causes of the apparent failure of this year's JOT recruit-
ment effort and the simple solution offered.
2. First let me state that the Planning Staffs of both the Office
of Personnel and the Office of Training are currently engaged in a joint
study intended to identify the multiple factors leading to our unsatis-
factory 1961 JOT recruitment effort and to ascribe a degree of importance
to each. Having done so, courses of corrective or mitigating action will
be undertaken insofar as possible to rebuild our JOT recruitment program
to the desired level. I might point out that the reasons offered by
various Agency officials for the failure of our recruitment effort are
as diverse as the following:
a. A damaged public image of CIA;
b. Excessive security clearance and other processing time;
c. An inadequate recruitment effort;
d. Inadequate compensation and career advancement enticements
relative to other prevailing job opportunities;
e. Faulty management and development of JOT's by using
elements;
f. Increased competition from other government services;
g. Allegedly excessively rigid and demanding selection
standards of the Office of Training, Office of Security and
Medical Staff.
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I make no comment on the validity and relative importance of any of the
above, but I point out the hazard in reaching hasty conclusions and em-
barking upon unstudied courses of adjustment.
STAT
4. Next, I would comment on Mr. Kirkpatrickis statement: "I think
we have made a serious mistake over the years in handling the recruiting
of JOT's much as we handle other recruitment techniques and * * * I
believe we should also turn over to the Office of Training primary respon-
sibility for all recruitment of the JOT's." My first observation is that
our JOT recruitment effort has apparently been highly successful, both as
to quality and quantity, until the present time. Second, the recruitment
and selection of JOT's has never been anything but a very special and
carefully planned joint effort between the Office of Personnel and the
Office of Training. I believe the assumption by the Office of Training
of the full function of JOT recruitment would be grievously wasteful and
duplicative of manpower on a year-round basis.
5. No further observations or conclusions appear to be warranted
without further study of the total problem. As an indication of the
complexity of the problem and the magnitude of the recruitment effort
relative to the small number of JOT's employed by the Agency a statistical
summary of the year's recruitment effort is attached.
Emmett D. Echols
Director of Personnel
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3.
Analysis of Reasons for Cancellation or Postponement by Applicant
(Based on Cases for Period April through June 19
1
Cancellations
Postponements
Total
To attend graduate school
17
11
28
To accept another position
13
1
14
No reason given
7
1
8
To enter military service
2
3
5
To remain in current position
2
1
3
No longer interested in CIA
2
-
2
Financial problems
2
-
2
To be married
1
-
1
To accept other CIA position
1
-
1
Personal reason
1
-
1
Totals
48
17
65
4+. Processin Time: Lapse of Time from Preparation of Temporary-Action (Tentative
Selection) to Full Clearance (Subject to Polygraph)
(Based on Sample of One-Fifth of Cases as of 1 July 1961)
Phase Average Time in Days
Preparation of request and processing by
Offices of Training and Personnel 10
Initial processing in Office of Security
prior to referral to field
Field investigation (from referral of case
to field to full clearance) 70
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