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2. The '""1taent. P'S1'D tor ISA thia 1MZ' include• a compl.et.e tour ot ~-tour .. sbtool11 Wich vlll graduate ~ am plplciaa. Public 

"11.tiou ·'Visits are being :ade to the scbools dari.Dg tbia tall to foll.ov-up on 

preYioua hiriq progaua tlJld to acepsal.at. deplU'tmnt heads mre fully 111!.th ISA 

meda. This program is & wr.y ne.xs.ble om am m&7 be expu:decl or c:oat.racW depeDHng on Apnq requiremo:ita. ID addition to college 0041'a8

~ 1 pro!eaa1onal 80Cd.etiea are &lao viaited aa wll aa other eouroea. ConUmml 

d,go?oua action i• t.&keD to ea~ q.:w.'ied m1lit&J7' 1A NSA. 1tho are being 

separated. 1'l"011 the serrico. 

3. Tbe st&l'ting salaries tor NSA are #284.16 per mont.b tor a GS-S and $350.41 

per &Dn\h tor & GS-7. \flbile the iDd.U'ltrial rate as an a~ ot "3372.00 per 

llOl'ltb1 nex1M11t.7 iD. oUr hirlJlg standal'da pend.ta the uae of the $]S0e4l fi6UJ'8• 

v!:d.ch_COi!\pal"ea favorabq ld.t.h the irl.iutri&l starting salaries. While the BSA 

aa'l.al7' strucrtr~ is pnt.'t.7 good 1r. ~ICll to 1nduat17 it. must be recopized 

t.bat indust.17 otters other 1ncent1wa that w carmot, such u - pivment. tor tranaportation ot bouechold goods and ta-idl tea to the DDV Job, paid bosp1t.al1zation etc. 

The attractiwneso of empl.o~ vith MSA will be~ bJr t.ho Fringe Benefits ~ am ... imzoeaeea 1Jl begirm1Dg a&lari•• tlat ,.,. be authorised. 

4. A SUrYe7 of lS9 ~es ws completed by tht Cood;year Tire & Rubber 

Compal\11 in conju:iction with the '.Jiastinghoue Corpont.ion1 vbic:h was direct.ad t.o 

t.he vvioua phases ot the entiro queat.ton ot t.echm.cal am non-tedmical tnined 

college graduates &D.d to tho start.ing salaries tb97 v1ll. be otta1"9d tor the ~ 

19SS. The tol.low:\llg ta~e sl:oW3 the reaUlt3 of t.he completed 8UJ"Ve7• 

"''" Rpp taso.oo or under 251~00 - 21;.co 

276.00 - 300.00 

301.00 - ]2.S.(l() 

326~co - Jso.oo 

351.00 - J?S.OO ,?6.00 - Jp).fl) 

401.GO ~ .425.00 

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PfE Cent gt 1'2 Cmpap.iea 

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SUBJICT1 ll1riDg ot ln&fDMn .. lxteU.Jlc Conditioae 

a/D' fJl>Kt Pm DAT&• I arcn.ber 54 mamn 11> 1 (Cont•cl) 

lM lJ jam K. Holleran, 60334/bt ·. , . 

. '-~ ;ADotber condition to be taken into consideration is the present am poteat1al: ftPPl1' ot engi •er.ing graduates. latiomd.ae publications ot State and federal 

... o~ Agencies continue to :etlect a abortage ot protessionall.7 trainecl engi-

~ and aoientiats. ~ imication of this is given in the f'igurea below. 

l!E 

1953 

1954 

1955 

Graduates 

22,500 

17,000 

21,500 

As shown above t.here will be more graduates available in 1955 than in 1954 but 

still less than 1n 1953. 

6. Another condition to be conside:rad is that engineerilJg personnel who are 

hired for the Agency must, like all new 8Dlployees, qualit;;r in a full field securit7 

investigation even though they may have satistaetorily CO!!lpl.eted the Polygraph 1.ntemew.. It the7 tail to quality, they must bear the cost oL the moving back to 

their home area. 

7. ConsiderlJJg the aforementioned conditions. PERS. DIV. estimates and considen it possible to recruit engineering personnel. for R/D, during the next three 

79ars, as follows: 

Year 

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1955 

1956 

1957 

let Growth 

20 

24 

_J! 

75 

Attrition 

16 

17 

-ti 

Total to be Hired 

B. However, t.he following factors. it present, vil1 have a direct bearing OD 

recruiting engineenr · 

.A.d.yantageoua 

a. Increased start.ing salaries tor goverment. 

Disad:vantageou 

a.. A Radical. change in national. economic conditions. 

b. A Jl&tional. emergency- in vhich the c1 vU1an. labor SUJ>Pl.7 wuld dw1ndle. 

c. Reduction in the number ot engineers expected to graduate !rom colleges. 

d. lf16her rate of attritions than expected, because ot the Ft. Heade move. 

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Asaiatant Cb1et 

Personnel Di'daion 

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