CAREER PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000900060012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 12
• Content Type: REGULATION

CARES t PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS
in part by
the Agency
attention will.b
satiafaactoi7 work
Each member of il
CIA Career Staff is assured that with continv ixg
perforce and conduct on h:..s parts Just and equitable
coorded to his personal progress fl This is accomplished
ementation of career planning for individuals throughout
This regulation establishes Agencjr policy on career planning
for staff personnel in order to effect uniform:.ty in career planning
requirements, and furnish guidance to the Haadw.s of Career Services for the
performance of their Career Ianagut functions as set forth in Regulation
b0 To stendardl.ze the function of career planWing for individuals throughout
the Agency a the "Career Preference Outline" (j ttachment A) vi l be used as
the basic career planning document a Po1i.,cies and procedures for the
preparation and use of the Career Preference O, tliaae are set forth herein.
2. CAREER P FERSNCE OU U]4E
ae? A Career Preference Outline for an individual is a documented description
7 of his career Interests and proposed career activities for an appropriate
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NI , 11 specified time to which are appended the comme:;ata of his supervisor and his
Career Service0
The proposals expressed by the individual may include suggested retention
in present position,, reassignment or training,, Such proposals may be
specific or general in terms of time and place,, Although reassignment
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and formal training may be proposed,, the function of career planning for
individuals does not imply that such actions are Inherent in or required
for career progression.
c~ The Career Preference Outline serves the following purposes:
(1) Provides the individual with an opportunity to express his career
interests and proposals for training and assignment for the for-
seeable future and encourages him to give serious consideration to
his skill.,, interests,, aptitude,, and performance in relation to the
needs of the Agency.
(2) Furnishes the Heads of the Career. Services,, Operating Officials,, and
the Director of Personnel with a guide fcr future personnel actions
affecting the respective individuals with a goal of increasing the
individual's potential contribution to the Agency.
(3) Assists Agency officials in meeting present and future personnel
requirements.
POLICY
a0 Career Preference Outlines will be prepared for any staff employee or
staff agent,, if in the opinion of the individual and/or his supervisor
and approved by the Head of his Career Service,, such documentation for the
individual is required or desirable. Heads of Career Services will require
Outlines for persons in their Service as considered necessary.
b. The proposals expressed by the individual in the Career Preference Outline
are not commitments for the individual or the Agency,, but are guides to
be considered in making future personnel decisions affecting the individual.
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Due consideration will be given to the deal :ref. of the individual, but
these must be compatible with the needs of the Agency and with the indivi-
dual u s known ability or with his demonstrable potential
The Career Preference Outline, along with the Fitness Report and other
appropriate records, will be considered in connection with the initiation
and approval of personnel and training acttonk affecting the individual..
4,3 & &PONSIBI. LITlES
ax, Heads of Career Services are responsible for:
(1) The Initiation and review of Career Preference Outlines for members
of their Service a
(2) The preparing of reports to the CIA Career Council., upon requests
regarding the status of the individual career planning program as it
applies to members of their Career Services a
b. Operating Officials have the following responribil.ities for individuals
under their administrative jurisdiction.-
(1) Adopting appropriate measures to ensure continuing consideration of
the career activities proposed in the Car ear Preference Outlines of
individuals in connection with the initiction and approval of person-
nel and training actions affecting theme..
(2) Advising Individuals of Career Service decisions which require or
involve major changes from the career activities' proposed in their
Career Preference Outlines.
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I GULATION
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Greer Preference Uutlinea for members of they CiA Career Staff presently
grad" GS -11 and G i::2 will be given first, priority by the respective
ar Serv'i,f a s in determini ; the sequences for processing Outlines.
The Career Preference Outline will be prepared in accordance with the
n ettat ed,. to the form (Attachment .A).< h supervisor a
c*Vur.? appropriate officals, having etih1ni.8t:rati,ve or career plawrdng
is-diction Over the jrdlyiduaiA will assist as ne+ scary or desirable,
n the preparation of the (; .tline
The statement of the individua TL' $ propo .ls contained in t- ho Carer
"reference Outline V. t-I a *xrve az a h aria of 1ct-us. for to er the
; ndivi anal as his a axperv:.Lcr s The a aper ijr> r wUJ. then add bis ca f tv
on the individuaPs statement of career interests and d+ aired training
the Career nrefera a Outline. He will iir ciu s oifi 'a, roco .'axaenda-?
Lions f posa b . e" for the individua l"S fut:a* a utili zat,i.t n .
dt The orig .nai of the Career Preference lnxtlin a, mabsequent to r iew by
dead of the appropriate d er Service, will be for rd W. the a fi`f, f?e
ub j eot to 1,40 approv&. of the Head of the employee s Gare ?
r, filing
Copies of the Career Preference tine m Ay ,:> shc.earn or di.
other Career Services who may
develop nt a d uti.l.,izatioaa
oe~, to
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Proposals for changes in the Career Preference Outline may be initiated
by the individual or the Head of his Career Se.-rvice any time subsequent
to the ix?itial preparation of the Outline. Mu, jor changes or revisions
i.:1 be subject to the same review as is requi.?ed in the processing of
the arigInal Outline c
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line for an individual
career interests and proposed career 1
pecifiad time, to which are appended
sir and his Career Service.
ON: The proposals in an t tline may incle suggested retention in
eaition, reassignment, or trraini. Such Pr(MO,eaJ.s stay
rest and consistently satisfactory perform nce
ation from area to area or function to function
in career progression. Career planning
"mmosals for r ssia nt or forget training are inhex
t be inalnW in a Career Preference vuTiam. kA= 3-u
earily hEve first priority. hft*r the
Eve been met, the interests of the individual
ideration.
t divid .s sad supervisors mat recognize that the
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