The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008.

Laid off from Wall Street? The CIA wants you -- as long as you can pass a lie detector¹ test and show that you are motivated by service to your country rather than your wallet.

The Central Intelligence Agency has been advertising² for recruits and will be holding interviews on June 22 at a secret location in New York.

"Economics, finance and business professionals, if the quest for the bottom line is just not enough for you, the Central Intelligence Agency has a mission like no other," one radio advertisement for the agency says.

"Join CIA's directorate of intelligence and be a part of our global mission as an economic or financial analyst³. Make a difference in your career and for your nation," it says.

Ron Patrick, a spokesman for recruitment and retention⁴ at the CIA, told the reporters the agency had received several hundred resumes so far from applicants⁵ ranging from people just out of graduate school to laid-off bankers.

"It's going to be a very different use of their skill set than perhaps they've used on Wall Street," Patrick said.

Recruits will have to pass rigorous background and medical checks, as well as a polygraph, or lie-detector test.

Starting salaries range from around $60,000 for a new graduate to $100,000 for somebody with more experience, and top out at $160,000. Generous benefits are included.

Patrick said the agency would welcome worthy⁶ applicants from Wall Street, whose reputation has been tarnished⁷ by the financial crisis and revelations of lavish⁸ lifestyles and multi-million dollar bonuses at banks blamed for the meltdown.

"Typically the people that come to the CIA want to serve the government, they want to serve their countries. It's a different mindset perhaps than serving a company or serving profit as a bottom line," he said.

"As long as they can make that attitude switch from profit being the motivator to serving their country, I think they'll fit in very well with us."

在华尔街失业了？来中情局工作吧！但你要能通过测谎仪的考验，证明加入中情局是因为爱国而不是爱钱。

美国中央情报局日前发出招聘启事，并将于6月22日在纽约的一处秘密地点进行面试。

中情局在电台广告中称：“经济、金融和商业精英们，如果你想突破自己，中情局将为你提供独一无二的选择。”

广告称：“加入中情局的情报理事会吧，作为经济或金融分析家加入到我们的全球行动中来吧，这将使你的职业有所突破，还将为国家做贡献。”

中情局负责招聘事务的发言人罗恩·帕特里克在接受记者采访时称，中情局目前已收到数百份简历，应聘者既有刚毕业的研究生，也有失业的银行家。

帕特里克说：“这或许和在华尔街工作所使用的技能非常不一样。”

应聘者将接受严格的背景审查、体检，以及测谎考验。

毕业生起薪约为每年6万美元，有工作经验者年薪为10万美元，16万年薪封顶，其中包括高额津贴。

帕特里克称，中情局欢迎来自华尔街的杰出人士应征。这些人因为金融危机、被曝生活浪费、以及从经济危机的罪魁祸首银行获得数百万美元分红而名声败坏。

“通常情况下，应聘中情局的人都想为政府和国家工作，或许这和为公司或者为钱工作心态不同。”

“只要他们能把动机从赚钱转变成服务国家，我想他们会非常适合在这里工作。”

Vocabulary:

lie detector：an electronic machine used mainly by the police to find out whether a suspect is telling the truth（测谎仪）

tarnish：to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully（败坏、玷污名誉等)