MI6 uses Facebook to recruit spies
By Janae Olinger,
Her Majesty’s Secret Service has turned to Facebook to recruit new - and more diverse - spies.
The MI6 has traditionally looked at the nation’s universities for new recruits, but Facebook will give them a much broader outlook on budding talent. It may also help recruit more women and people from ethnic backgrounds.
The secret service, or MI6, has been using radio and newspaper advertisements for almost two years, and has broken into the web by allowing would-be spies to apply online.
Three different advertisements have been launched. One of the pop-ups on Facebook states: “A career in world events? Help influence world events, protect the UK. Operational officer roles collecting and analysing global intelligence.”
Last year, it was reported that IT recruiters prefer using social networking sites to advertise for jobs. The sites were praised for being more efficient to use because they allowed two-way communication, as opposed to print or radio advertisements.
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isnt M16 a motorway?
its M I 6 not M16
By Ip_itsLeighAa9d6 on Monday Sep 29
or are they recruiting at gunpoint?
I thought for a moment that the M16 was the 5.56 mm calibre American rifle based on the ArmaLite AR-15. It just goes to show how wrong you can be.
By Ip_ianbb61b8e3fc on Tuesday Sep 30
Pedantic but true
Whilst the misspelling of MI6 in a single article is poor, don't you think that the line below every comment asking if you find this comment usefull (sic) is worse?
By alnmax on Tuesday Sep 30