

Author(s): Whitney Bergendahl, Analyst
Published: 12/08/2011
Despite growing emphasis in particular areas of national security intelligence such as cyber intelligence, it is likely that overall hiring of entry level intelligence analysts within the US Intelligence Community (IC) will decrease slightly from recent levels over the next 12 months due to increased pressure to reduce the US budget. It is likely that significant increases in cyber intelligence analyst positions and geospatial analyst positions will somewhat offset the attrition of analyst positions in other areas, such as political or military intelligence, needed to meet budget cuts. In addition, it is likely that at least some of the projected losses due to retirement will be partially offset by entry-level hiring. It is unlikely, however, that overall entry-level analyst hiring will increase in any of the respective agencies of the US IC or in the contractors that support the US IC.
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