OER RECRUITING AT AEA MEETINGS, 27-30 DECEMBER 1974

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: January 20, 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT . OER Recruiting at AEA Meetings,
27-30 December 1974
1. The San Francisco meetings of the AEA were very
well attended, in part because one full day was set aside
for recruiting before the sessions began. This new policy
reflects two concerns: increasing attendance at the various
meetings and accommodating the extremely large numbers of
attendees looking for positions. The meetings were well
reported by the local press. A persistent and reoccurring
theme was the state of the job market.
2. The meetings took place at a time when the Agency
was making headlines on "domestic spying" and other activities
which in times past would certainly have resulted in visible
and audible displeasure, at least on the part of some of
the younger attendees. The OER recruting team observed no
such reactions nor were there any reported in the local press.
Clearly the number one priority was the bread-and-butter
issue of a job. In one instance, a particularly well-
qualified applicant was asked whether he had. any problems
with the "spying" issue. He quickly said "no" and went on
with the serious business of getting a job offer from the
Agency.
3. The San Francisco recruiting effort by a team
consistin of Mfr
and was a solid success, partly because o
the miserable ~o market for PhDs and near-PhDs. We had
a substantial number of inquiries, which were pre-screened
on the spot; 63 individuals survived the screening and were
interviewed. Of these, 15 were rejected. The remaining
48 are of high quality; many are outstanding. Some 23
people were given the short form, which indicated a serious
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interest on our part but also a need for more information
on which to make an interim decision to offer employment.
Nineteen were given Part I of the PHS because they seemed
eminently qualified for specific positions within OER.
Already, five of these 19 have returned the forms. We also
interviewed, and stand a good chance of getting, a candidate
for our fellowship program -- a naturalized Chinese who
handles both Chinese and Japanese fluently and has a good
background in econometrics. The remaining six are being
reviewed and may receive PHS's.
MAURICE C. ERNST
Director
Economic Research
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
These are Mr.' roc or s copies
of memoranda on Association meetiQLk.,(
Sending to you in case you did not receive
for your records. If you already have
copies, these can be destroyed. But
Mr. Proctor does want you to have
this material in your files.
4 March 1975
(DATE-)-
FORM 1 NO -
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr.
Here's the OER memo o" recruitment at
the AEA meeting. (PVW has a copy.) OPR and
FBIS reports also attached.
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