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Careers

Language Opportunities

Your Language Skills Count Most When Everything Is on the Line.

In our rapidly changing world, intelligence priorities can shift as countries and languages increase in importance. To stay ahead of these critical changes, it’s important that our employees have the language abilities and cultural expertise necessary to handle both emerging and current national security challenges.

Whether your background is in cyber security, economics, logistics, or something else entirely, there is a place to use your language skills here to help keep our country safe.

The CIA offers compensation for certain language skills upon hire. More information will be shared should you advance in the process.

Intelligence Language Institute

The Intelligence Language Institute (ILI) is the premier language school in the Intelligence Community.

Mission: Support CIA’s intelligence mission by enabling and enhancing foreign language skills anytime, anywhere.

Vision: Mission-Focused Language Learning: Anytime, Anywhere

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