By Jaymie Pompeo
On Tuesday, April 26, the university will host a Public Safety Virtual Career Fair where students and alumni have exclusive access to meet with employers such as FEMA, the U.S. Border Patrol, and the USAF Reserves. Register today to meet with public safety employers.
What makes intelligence a daunting career choice is that the paths are ill-defined and often downright confusing. Unlike careers in law enforcement where you attend a training academy, there is no ROTC-like program to bring intelligence professionals into the workforce. Most people working in intelligence did not start their career in the field. So where do you start?
By Erik Kleinsmith
One acronym that is almost uniformly misunderstood and yet hated in the intelligence community is LPTA. Intelligence job-seekers need to understand what LPTA means and why to be very very wary of it.
By Erik Kleinsmith
The aftermath of almost any spectacular terrorist attack follows a predictable pattern. It is the enduring challenge of intelligence analysts to discover and analyze such information ahead of time, to predict and preempt such an attack. Read more threat profiling techniques and how it’s used by intelligence analysts to predict future terrorist attacks.
By Liam O’Brien
Six years ago, on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. The devastation was extensive: 220,000 people died and 300,000 were injured. Learn about AMU professor Liam O’Brien’s work with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the challenges the agency faced trying to make its information available.
By Dr. Valerie E. Davis, American Public University
The job of an intelligence analyst is often very stressful due to the nature of the work and intense pressures to deliver information in a short amount of time. AMU intelligence studies professor Dr. Valerie Davis writes about the importance for intel analysts to learn how to recognize and identify stress and understand effective ways to manage it.
By Erik Kleinsmith
While there are many specific situations in which intel assessments can conflict, learn how to minimize this problem by understanding common sources of disagreement and ways to attack these sources directly.
Security breaches in the business world have become commonplace and can have a catastrophic impact on the organization’s people, data, and brand reputation.
True security can only be realized through a comprehensive active approach that incorporates resources throughout the organization. There simply is not a silver bullet that can provide adequate security. However, a company can work to protect itself by incorporating proactive security measures that involve the entire organizational hierarchy.
If it’s time for a career change, start by researching careers that pique your curiosity, however, be sure not reject a career because you lack familiarity. AMU’s Dr. Valerie Davis offers helpful tips to help you find your next career including including examining the job market and looking for areas that are expanding, developing, or changing.