Advice on getting a job in the "intelligence community"

Today's entry in a blog by Prof. Kristan Wheaton of Mercyhurst College's Institute of Intelligence studies has excellent advice on finding jobs in intelligence and crime analysis.  Go here.
--link contributed by Prof. Logan

Fifth of jobs U.S. government will fill in 2010-2012 will be security related

That's the headline at the Homeland Security Newswire available here.  The article goes on to note an anticipated hiring of 52,077 people for security related jobs in the next two fiscal years of which 34,500 will be in Homeland Security.
--contributed by Prof. G. Cordner

A Super Link for your federal job hunt strategy.

How many people work for each agency?  How many were hired last year?  How many people is each agency expecting to hire over the next two years?  Go here.  Note that the subjeads for each agency are links that lead you to sites with more information.

Let the CIA pay for college?

As I was prospecting for possible internship sites, I encountered a scholarship program run by the CIA.  It's open to sophomores with Math+Verbal SAT of >1000 and a GPA of >3.0.  There are many more conditions and restrictions with preference given to minorities and the disabled.  The deadline is October 15th.  Should you be selected, it pays $18,000 per year!  More information here.