Recruitment in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is split into two specific areas—volume recruitment (jobs in generalist grades, such as administrative assistant, administrative officer and operational officer); specialist recruitment (jobs which require specific skills or expertise such as researchers, legal advisers, accountants). This area also includes temporary recruitment (short-term contracts for work on specific projects). Figures on those recruited into each area are provided as follows:
Age band Applied Interviewed Temporary Employment Permanent Employment Al Administrative Assistants 30-39 386 52 0 24 40-49 101 29 0 8 50-59 86 16 0 6 60-69 7 0 0 0 A2 Administrative Officers 30-39 262 21 0 10 40-49 131 4 0 2 50-59 29 2 0 0 60-69 0 0 0 0 B3 Operational Officers 30-39 1,551 57 0 13 40-49 655 6 0 5 50-59 132 1 0 0 60-69 12 0 0 0 Note: Figures include applications/interviews from campaigns spanning 2006-07.
Age band Interviewed Temporary employment Permanent employment 30-39 29 1 2 40-49 29 13 8 50-59 17 0 3 60-69 3 14 0 70+ n/a 4 0 Notes: 1. For specialist recruitment campaigns, data are currently only available from interview or assessment onwards. 2. For fixed term contracts of less than one year's duration, appointees are not required to go through a full application and interview process—this explains the figures in the 60-69 and 70+ groups.
Age band Assessment centre Interviewed Permanent employment 30-39 3 1 1 40-49 0 0 0 50-59 0 0 0 60-69 0 0 0 70+ 0 0 0 Note: Fast stream data only take into consideration the stages of selection administered by the FCO. The Cabinet Office runs the selection processes prior to this, however statistics are not yet available for the 2007 cohort.