ASIO seeks new hires for telecoms interception teams Australia's security intelligence organisation (ASIO) is hiring a clutch of telecoms intelligence staff. The agency is after a new “Assistant Director Telecommunications Interception” , a pair of ”Telecommunications Investigations Officers (we've linked to the better-paid of the two positions) and also a “Telecommunications …
I can think of a few other possibilities for them advertising now ...
1. Maybe it's proving quite hard to attract and retain staff - note the mobile application developer, which I think El Reg flagged a few weeks back, is still there;
2. Staff retention has also been in the news recently - see http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/greens-make-case-for-sacked-asio-spy-20130821-2sbw6.html;
3. The new office is nearly ready for occupation, so they will actually have desks for these new people;
4. And, of course, note the closing date for applications - maybe they want these positions settled before any fallout resulting from the new government.
Just saying ...
... that was "organized" without the top "hands-on" personel organizing it. I wouldn't touch any of those jobs with a twelve-foot fly-rod, despite being qualified & in this piss-poor economy. It's a clusterfuck waiting to happen ... and will look like shit on your resume/c.v. ten years from now.
Just saying ...
@Dafyd
The reason? Well ...
- spies actually have pretty boring jobs, so they have to demonstrate they can cope with boredom. Living in Canberra is the perfect preparation, and ;
- the weather here is so terrible (especially in August) that people would rather be at work with the heating on than slipping off to the beach;
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