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| CIA seeks laid-off bankers in recruitment drive |
| 2009-06-19 |
| LAID off from Wall Street? The CIA wants you - as long as you can pass a lie detector test and show that you are motivated by service to your country rather than your wallet. The Central Intelligence Agency has been advertising for recruits and will be holding interviews on June 22 at a secret location in New York. "Economics, finance and business professionals, if the quest for the bottom line is just not enough for you, the Central Intelligence Agency has a mission like no other," one radio advertisement for the agency says. "Join CIA's directorate of intelligence and be a part of our global mission as an economic or financial analyst. Make a difference in your career and for your nation," it says. Ron Patrick, a spokesman for recruitment and retention at the CIA, told Reuters Television the agency had received several hundred resumes so far from applicants ranging from people just out of graduate school to laid-off bankers. "It's going to be a very different use of their skill set than perhaps they've used on Wall Street," Patrick said. Recruits will have to pass rigorous background and medical checks, as well as a polygraph, or lie-detector test. Starting salaries range from around $60,000 for a new graduate to $100,000 for somebody with more experience, and top out at $160,000. Generous benefits are included. Patrick said the agency would welcome worthy applicants from Wall Street, whose reputation has been tarnished by the financial crisis and revelations of lavish lifestyles and multi-million dollar bonuses at banks blamed for the meltdown. "Typically the people that come to the CIA want to serve the government, they want to serve their countries. It's a different mindset perhaps than serving a company or serving profit as a bottom line," he said. "As long as they can make that attitude switch from profit being the motivator to serving their country, I think they'll fit in very well with us." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 There is only one banker left; just bug Timmy Geitners phone and your done. |
| Posted by: airandee 2009-06-19 20:45 |
| #10 Seriously Scooter, to ruin other nation's economies. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-19 19:19 |
| #9 But seriously, what would the CIA want bankers for? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-06-19 17:59 |
| #8 as long as you can pass a lie detector test and show that you are motivated by service to your country rather than your wallet. NO BANKER WILL PASS THAT TEST |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-19 14:14 |
| #7 Bailout. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-06-19 12:59 |
| #6 I hear these most of these guys are still available... http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-ceos-ever-2009-6 |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-06-19 11:33 |
| #5 Fifty years ago a banker was someone who would have had expertise in the sector of business he'd be working to finance. Today... I suspect there are too many bankers who went to work for the bank straight out of college and have never done anything else. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-06-19 11:05 |
| #4 Maybe the CIA's starting a new "Wreck an Economy" department. And you'd want "experts"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-06-19 10:15 |
| #3 They're recruiting people who couldn't predict financial disasters for their section on failing to predict foreign policy disasters. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-06-19 09:37 |
| #2 Satire is dead. This would be too broad & goofy for Frank Fleming's old "In My World" posts on LMAO. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-06-19 09:36 |
| #1 Economics, finance and business professionals, if the quest for the bottom line is just not enough for you BAHAHAHAHAHA I bet nobody shows up. The quest for money is not enough...ha! |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-06-19 03:05 |