FBI: the changing face of today's FBI: more agile multifaceted, expanding its commitment to diversity hiring.Mark S. Bullock Assistant D/rector of the FBI's Administrative Services Division Mark Bullock Mark Bullock (24 October 1872 - 22 April 1925) was an English cricketer: a batsman who played four first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1900. His top score of 21 came on debut against Leicestershire and proved important, as Worcestershire won a low-scoring game by just ten is a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. who grew up in the housing projects of Chicago in the 1960s. As Assistant Director, he is responsible for all key staffing decisions within the FBI, a position similar in scope to the head of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. in the private sector. Until he started working for the FBI more than 19 years ago, most of his contacts with law enforcement were negative. "I have been taken out of a car at gun point on two occasions--when I wasn't doing anything wrong," remembers Bullock. "I have seen other people as I was growing up who were carted off by law enforcement, and in my mind, it was a negative thing." His perception began to change when he heard a speech at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . I suddenly realized I could give something back to the community." After he joined the FBI, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the vast majority of his fellow agents believed in law enforcement and doing the right thing in compliance with the constitution and the laws of the land-including ensuring a diverse workforce. "We must have a continual flow of diversity into the organization if we are going to meet our mission," says Bullock, who was the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland office on Sept. 11, 2001. "I realized then that we did not have the relationships with the Arab community that I wanted, so we set out to forge those relationships. We have seen similar moves in other minority communities, and I think we are doing a better job now because of it. It is not easy, but we are actively pursuing it." Join the FBI to make a difference by applying online at: www.fbijobs.com The FBI is an equal opportunity employer equal opportunity employer An employer or enterprise that does not discriminate against a job candidate, or subject him/her to adverse exclusionary criteria, based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. See Equal employment opportunity. . U.S. citizenship required. |
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