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Undergraduate Co-Op Program - Open Source Officers
Posted by: CIA
Posted date: Feb-11-2009
Location: Washington
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Our co-op program seeks motivated undergraduate students pursuing
degrees in a variety of liberal arts degree programs to work as Open
Source Officers (OSO). OSOs are the Intelligence Community's foreign
media experts. They use foreign language and area knowledge to review
and assess foreign open media sources, which include Internet sites,
newspapers, press agencies, television, radio and specialized
publications. OSOs collect intelligence from these media and deliver
high-impact products to policymakers, negotiators, military planners,
and analysts throughout the US foreign affairs community.
Undergraduate co-ops will use their foreign language skills and area
knowledge to contribute to the drafting of informational and analytic
products; edit translated materials for grammatical accuracy; and to
conduct foreign website searches.
Minimum qualifications : Students should be enrolled in a bachelor's
degree program in area studies, international relations, political
science, economics, journalism, history, communications, sociology,
anthropology, counterproliferation, language or other liberal arts
discipline. A GPA of or better is required. Advanced level foreign
language reading and comprehension skills, excellent English language
skills, strong critical thinking/analytic skills, and well-developed
Internet searching skills are also needed.
Students selected for this program are often attending academic
institutions with established cooperative education programs, though
not exclusively. You will work on an alternating semester or quarterly
basis and are expected to spend a minimum of three semesters or four
quarters (this can include a summer tour) on the job prior to
graduation. The undergraduate co-op program provides increasingly
challenging assignments that are commensurate with your academic
training and individual ability to assume additional responsibility.
To be considered for Agency employment, applicants must generally not
have used illegal drugs within the last 12 months. The issue of
illegal drug use prior to 12 months ago is carefully evaluated during
the medical and security processing.
Important Notice: Friends, family, individuals, or organizations may
be interested to learn that you are an applicant for or an employee of
the CIA. Their interest, however, may not be benign or in your best
interest. You cannot control whom they would tell. We therefore ask
you to exercise discretion and good judgment in disclosing your
interest in a position with the Agency. You will receive further
guidance on this topic as you proceed through your CIA employment
processing.
Posted by the CWRU POSC Department on 03-30-2009
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