BRIEFING TO CALVIN HUMPHREY, HPSCI STAFF, ON CIA SECRETARIAL PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: September 25, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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25 September 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing to Calvin Humphrey, HPSCI Staff, on CIA
Secretarial Program
from the orrice Ul rcL~v==??-- -
Calvin Humphrey tter's request to brief on the agency's
Secretarial Program.
2. After a brief introduction by
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discussed the background that
f a secretarial career pro arm was
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that the developmen
necessary and he research the agency conducted prior to
implementati,eon. reported on the objectives of the
program, emphasizing job enrichment hancement of
ing beginning to
secretarial skills through training.
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discuss the preliminary results when the ree was
interjected with a series of questions from Humphrey.
3. Humphrey first wanted to know about the attrition
rate of secretaries from the secretarial ranks. He was informed
that overall attrition amounted to between 13.% to 15%.
Secretaries leave the service in two ways--simply resigning or
moving to other jobs outside the secretarial track, about 8% to
9% move to other jobs. The agency views the latter attrition as
healthy career development or upward mobility. Humphrey asked
what is the average amount of time secretaries spend in tthey
secretarial profession.
did not know now they would get in that information to
Humphrey.
4.Humphrey asked if the agency had simply not solved
the secretarial hiring and retention problem by merely paying
secretaries more money. He commented that this was an issue of
particular concern to Chairman Stokes. Both
advised that this was not the case. Secretaries scouldiearn more
was prcted
money, but the ability to receive higher pay
upon increased reponsibilities and that no secretary was placed
in a position until the job had been evaluated. The rate of pay
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was based upon the duties and responsilities. Jobs had been
enriched. also reported that secretaries were not given
the recent government wide clerical pay increase and at this
time the agency has no intention of increasing the pay scales.
also informed Humphrey that agency secretarial pay scales
are competitive with private industry not with government. The
Agency is now able to hire about 70% of its new secretaries who
have experience. Humphrey asked if these secre were hired
at a higher than the "normal beginning level" replied
that we had rigorous hiring guidelines based upon entering
skills, education, testing and background. Based upon these
factors some .4bretaries were placed in level II positions. When
asked how man? secretaries were brought in above level II,
Hum hrey was told that in 1987 the agency had hired, thus far,
secretaries, of whom were hired at level II and ^ at
level III.
5. At his point, we ran out of time. Humphrey asked if
he could return again to finish the briefing cut short by his
questions. We agreed and Humphrey is to call to schedule
another session. Before he left he asked for and was given a
copy of the two secretarial career handbooks.
6. Humphrey's bottom line issue is apparent. He is of
the mind, and presumably so is Stokes, that the Agency has
solved its secretarial problem by paying higher salaries.
presented considerable evidence that this is not the
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