INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OFFERS A WEALTH OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
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• Publication Date: December 9, 1985
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MIAMI HERALD (FL)
9 December 1985
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Intelligence communit offers
Scientific and Weapons Research conducts research
on foreign scientific and technical activities and
weapons.
Intelligence analysts with degrees in political
science, history, international relations and business
work in the Directorate of Intelligence as do people
with master's degrees in library science, geographers
and cartographers, and those with degrees in the
physical sciences and engineering.
The CIA's Directorate of Administration employs
personnel and management specialists and financial
administrators, among other specialties, while its
Directorate of Science and Technology is a top-secret
department employing people with degrees in
scientific and technical fields.
The CIA's fourth directorate, the Directorate of
Operations, sometimes known as the clandestine
service, employs officers who conduct overseas
intelligence activities.
CIA recruiters regularly visit about 350 campuses
a year and the CIA runs an active recruitment
operation with eleven recruitment centers across the
nation.
If you're interested in a CIA career, contact the
Director of Personnel, Central Intelligence Agency,
Washington, D.C. 20505
The Department of Defense
While the CIA receives the most publicity, the
Department of Defense actually spends almost ten
times more on intelligence. Its basic mission is to
provide information on the military capabilities and
college grads who can pass the rigorous screening,
there are good employment opportunities In most of
these agencies.
The Central Intelligence Agency
According to David Amt ewe Phillips in his book
Careers in Secret Operations, the CIA has four
directorates, each with unique employment needs.
The Directorate of Intelligence conducts research into
foreign political activities. Its Office of Geographic
and Cartographic Research produces geographic
intelligence, while the Office of Imagery Analysis
specializes in photo interpretation, and its Office of
Ew people can sit through a James Bond
movie without thinking at least briefly about
what it might be like to be a spy. But while
going to exotic places and saving your
country from disaster over sips of champagne may be
James Bond's life, the typical spy is more likely to be
a liberal 'arts or science grad who spends his time
translating documents or eavesdropping on foreign
transmissions.
According to the fall Issue of Occupational
Outlook Quarterly, this country's intelligence com-
munity includes much more than the Central
Intelligence Agency - the famous CIA. For recent
a wealth of job opportunities
political intentions of foreign powers.
Its Defense Intelligence Agency supports the
Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
with its own intelligence estimates and coordinates
Defense Department involvement in the national
intelligence community..
Again, basically a research organization, it
provides intelligence on such matters as the strength
of opposing forces, estimates of foreign capabilities
and vulnerabilities, and scientific and technical
intelligence. Recruitment here is primarily at the
entry level.
For additional information contact: Defense
Intelligence Agency, Civilian Personnel Operations
Division, (RHR 2), Washington, D.C. 20301
The DOD's Defense Mapping Agency produces
strategic and tactical maps for the defense intelli-
gence community and hires among others, about 200
,cartographers a year.
The National Security Agency .
The most secret of all the members of the
intelligence community, and technically part of the
Department of Defense, the mission of the National
Security Agency NSA is the collection of signals
intelligence and the protection of U.S. communication
systems.
The career fields within the NSA include computer
systems, languages, communications security, intelli-
gence research, cryptography, signals analysis and
management administration.
The NSA maintains an active college-recruitment
program, and, in 1985, it may hire as many as 2,000
new employees. For additional information, contact
College Recruitment Program, National Security
Agency, Attn: Office of Employment (M322), Fort
Meade, Md. 20755.
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research also
employs carries out intelligence work for the
Department of State. Entry requirements are stiff.
For additional information, contact U.S. Department
of State, Recruitment Division, P.O. Box 9317,
Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Va. 22209
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Department of Justice also has several major
agencies that are members of the intelligence
community. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, of
course, conducts foreign counterintelligence investi-
gations within the United States, but it does not
recruit personnel specifically for assignments in
foreign counterintelligence.
To become a special agent you must be a citizen of
the United States, between 23 and 35 years old, in
good health and physical condition, and be available
for assignments anywhere in the FBI's jurisdiction.
Graduates of state accredited law schools, those with
accounting degrees, and holders of bachelor's degres
who are fluent In one or more languages may qualify.
Others candidates include engineering science
majors and "diversified" candidates - those with a
bachelor's degree who have at least three years
full-time work experience or an advanced degree and
two years experience. You can obtain information
from the nearest office of the FBI, or contact the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Personnel,
10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20535
Drug Enforcement Administration
Also within the Department of Justice, the Drug
Enforcement Administration leads government ef-
forts against drug traffickers and has about 2,000
agents serving in the United States and nearly 60
countries around the world. Foreign language fluency
is a plus here, but as drug traffickers become
increasingly sophisticated, auditors and accountants
are in demand, too. Contact The Drug Enforcement
Administration, Office of Personnel, 1405 I St., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20537
Gary Dessler is a professor of business administra-
tion at Florida International University. Send
questions in care of Business/Monday, The Miami
Herald, I Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla. 33101.
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