pbtt wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Britain’s secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism. More than 20,000 people have applied since MI6 began its open recruiting campaign about a year ago, in a drive that has all but replaced the famous shoulder tap used to recruit author Graham Greene and others in the Second World War.
MI6’s website encourages mothers to apply and assures women they won’t be used as “honey pots,” or seductresses. Disabled applicants are welcome. And a special search is directed at minorities who speak Mandarin, Arabic, Persian and the Afghan languages of Dari and Pashto.
Could the future James Bond be a woman or a dark-skinned Urdu speaker?
“The key challenge is the terrorist threat,” MI6’s head of human resources told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Government agencies have to show they’re making […]
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