By Sky News SkyNews – Sunday, September 28 01:29 pm
Spies are using social networking website Facebook to try to recruit real-life James Bonds.
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has begun advertising on it as part of a campaign to find potential MI6 agents.
The adverts have been launched in an attempt to reach a large and wide variety of people, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
MI6 began recruiting openly in April 2006, using mainly radio and newspaper advertising campaigns.
It also recruits through its website, where candidates can fill out application forms online.
“The Secret Intelligence Service’s open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today,” the spokeswoman added.
“A number of channels are used to promote job opportunities in the organisation.
“Facebook is a recent example” she went on.
The website, which was launched in 2004, currently has more than 100 million active users worldwide.
Other popular social networking sites include Bebo and MySpace.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com, 28 September 2008
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