Have you heard this story. Fox2 of St. Louis is reporting the CIA is hiring librarians. Hmm... sounds like fun to me.
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The CIA is hiring… a $100,000 librarian
POSTED 11:04 AM, MARCH 5, 2016, BY STAFF WRITER
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is
hiring more than just spies.
The CIA currently has a job opening for a librarian.
Pay is excellent. The listed range is $50,864 to $118,069 a
year — above the typical income for a U.S. family. The salary isn’t far off
what some “reconnaissance” positions get.
And that’s saying nothing of the benefits.
In addition to the cachet of working at the CIA, “librarians
also have opportunities to serve as embedded, or forward deployed, information
experts in CIA offices and select Intelligence Community agencies.”
Translation: There may be some James Bond-like opportunities,
if you want them.
Requirements for the job include a master’s degree, some
prior library experience and the ability to pass an intensive background check.
It includes a medical and psychological exam and a lie detector test.
The CIA also says applicants “must generally not have used
illegal drugs within the last 12 months.”
Librarians play an “essential role” in intelligence
gathering and managing CIA materials. The federal government employs over 1,400
librarians.
America’s unemployment rate is now 4.9%, a rate that many
consider full employment. Companies (and likely the government) say they are
having trouble finding skilled workers.
Job prospects for librarians are decent, but not great. The
Labor Department forecasts “slower than average” growth for librarian positions.
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