Friday, February 19, 2016

CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals

CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals:
Intelligence agency releases 3-year ‘diversity and inclusion strategy’
The Central Intelligence Agency three-year “Diversity and Inclusion Strategy” includes a dedicated program to recruit transgender individuals and agency-wide “unconscious bias” training.
The plan, released by the CIA’s Diversity and Inclusion Office last week, lays out several goals for “weaving diversity and inclusion throughout the talent cycle.”
One agency goal is “Becoming an Employer of Choice,” and includes “dedicated programs” to recruit every demographic imaginable.
“Cultivating an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, flexibility, and fairness enables all officers to contribute to their full potential,” the CIA plan stated. “When employees feel included, have a voice, and are given opportunities to develop and maximize their potential, we create an organization of choice and become a model employer for the full diversity of America’s talent.”
...CIA Director John Brennan said diversity and inclusion are “at the heart” of what the intelligence service is “charged to do...”

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