ASIO launches spy recruitment campaign on Instagram, says trench coats and fedoras are a thing …

This year, for the first time, the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has turned to Instagram as part of its annual recruitment drive.Key points:ASIO says it has started targeting potential employees using InstagramDirector-General Mike Burgess has previously said he is trying to make the organisation more transparentThe move reflects how the business of being a spy has changed dramatically over the decadesThe Why I Spy campaign launched today and has been styled to convey the “varied career paths and characteristics of ASIO employees”, a statement from the department said.It features the stories of real ASIO employees to offer insight into the life of a contemporary Australian spy.The campaign comes a year after the organisation joined Twitter, and since they allowed the ABC inside their Canberra headquarters for the first time.These steps are part of Director-General Mike Burgess’s mission to bring more transparency to ASIO’s operations.’I’m an unconventional spy’ ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess in a secret ASIO room.(Supplied: ASIO)As part of the new recruitment drive, Mr Burgess shared his own career journey.”My path to ASIO started at Underdale High School in Adelaide, when I first played with the school’s only computer, an Apple 2. It unleashed my inner geek and I wanted to become an electronics…
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