Immediately following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks President Bush called for a 50 percent increase in the Central Intelligence Agency's ranks of operatives and analysts. The agency began a strong recruiting campaign that has been revamped in the past year with television ads and a strong Internet campaign.

The agency's personality test, the equivalent of a help-wanted sign, is posted on the closest thing the agency has to a front door — it’s Web site. The frivolous quiz is designed to encourage job applications while dispelling myths about the agency, some of them born of the James Bond stereotype.

Since the new advertising began last year over 135,000 applications have been received — a number that has more than doubled since Sept. 11, 2001. Many experts argue that this strong push for recruitment online will certainly bring quantity, but not necessarily quality.

But according to the AP the CIA is focusing on the Web generation. "They were born with ear buds in their ears. They are ADD and it is contagious," said Tom McCluskey, the CIA's chief of hiring and employee development, referring to attention deficit disorder. "We need that kind of talent here."

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CIA Retools Web site in Recruitment Push