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Language Positions
The Central Intelligence Agency has a comprehensive program to
foster the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language skills. The
Central Intelligence Language Institute uses native speakers and the
latest instructional technology to teach 16 different foreign
languages. All employees who attain tested levels of language expertise
through full-time training, part-time classes or self-study are
eligible for monetary incentives. (For a description of each
proficiency level, go to www.govtilr.org
[external link disclaimer] and consult the Unabridged Version of the Interagency Language
Roundtable Scale.) New employees who already possess excellent language
skills may be eligible for a significant hiring bonus. The CIA has two
language incentive systems: the Corporate Language Hiring Bonus Program and the Corporate Language Program.
The CIA's Corporate Language Hiring Bonus Program is designed
to attract individuals with superior language skills. Bonuses will be
paid to new employees who have been hired into a language-specific
occupation after they have entered on duty, been tested in the claimed
language and met other eligibility requirements. The amount of a
language bonus will be determined on the basis of three criteria:
tested proficiency, difficulty learning the language, and criticality
of the language to CIA's mission. New employees can qualify for a
hiring bonus in more than one language, but the maximum amount is
$35,000 per individual. Bonuses will be paid in a one-time, lump sum
payment.
The CIA's Corporate Language Program (CLP) is for Agency
employees whose jobs require them to use foreign languages or employees
who maintain the language proficiency necessary to support a crisis or
surge requirement. New employees who receive a language hiring bonus
will be enrolled automatically in the CLP. The CLP includes language
maintenance payments, language use payments and language achievement
awards. For any given language, qualifying employees may receive either
maintenance or use payments, but not both.
Posted: Apr 21, 2007 06:23 PM
Last Updated: Mar 07, 2008 12:00 PM
Last Reviewed: Apr 21, 2007 06:23 PM