APPLICANT PROCESSING PROCEDURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00261R000700030052-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: July 31, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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31 July 197+
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Management and Services
SUBJECT: Applicant Processing Procedures
1. The Management and Services Advisory Group has become aware of
some problems concerning the processing of applications for Agency em-
ployment:
A. There appears to be no special attention paid to appli-
cations of persons who are especially recruited for particular
positions. These applicants receive the standard form letter
which says their qualifications will be reviewed and which, un-
derstandably, causes some concern on the part of the specially
recruited applicant. This creates a negative impression and
raises doubts in the mind of an applicant who already knows for
which job he is being employed.
B. There are many delays in the system which also tend to
reflect negatively on the Agency: the time required for review-
ing the applications; and for security and medical clearances.
C. The delays mentioned above are compounded by the physical
separation of various components within the Office of Personnel.
For example, Recruitment Division is located in Rosslyn; the Branch
which publishes the "skills bank" lists (Professional Staffing
Branch) and which processes the applications, is located at Head-
quarters; Correspondence Branch is in Rosslyn; many Agency com-
ponents who must interview the applicants are located outside the
Headquarters building. Thus a typical file could move from
Recruitment in Rosslyn, to OP/PSB in Headquarters, to Correspon-
dence in Rosslyn, to OP/PSB in Headquarters, and to a component
in Rosslyn, Arlington, McLean, ete.,'before an interview takes
place.
2. We recommend, therefore, that a study be made of the applicant
processing procedures with a view towards improving the system. If nece-
ssary, the assignment of additional personnel to help with the workload
.should also be considered.
The Management and Services
Advisory Group
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