RECRUITMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE VTERINL USS ONY ) co Approved For Release 2002/07/29 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R0005001200193 ~~ °° | ~ -i gs=eg3é | | 18 November 1965 | MEMORANDUM POR: Deputy Director for Support | | SUBJECT i Recruitment | I. At the dianer for the University Associates last night I sat STAT at to Cerro eo as usual, found his ' pra | | 2. The ome major point he made to me was that he felt we were making life difficult for the University Associates and missing a bet ‘ourselves by not being interested in undergraduates. First, this limits the namber of people Who might come to our attention for consideration for Agency employment and obviously reduces his owa fleld of activity considerably. More importaatly, however, he felt that we are missing some of the best people by aot bringlag them into the Agency upon graduation with a bachelor's degree. Me thinks that they need not go immediately into the Career Trainee Program and that they could bs recruited if they were given some assurance that thay could go into the Program later if their per- formance measured up. Me felt quite strongly that many fine can- didates have directed their careers toward other fields by the time they are twenty-five or tweaty-six years old and will never again Ba available for an intelligence career. 3. Lam sure this is not the first time many of us have heard this philosophy, but I do think it is worthy of our serious considera- ton. L. Kk waite Executive Director -Comptroller ec: D/Personnel D/ Training = ExDiriLKW sho Fr oe LE) 0 ApRroveg Er Release 2002107129 ~CIA-ROPB: 1 1-ER 1-BiDir