MI6 Advertises On Facebook

It used to be all Oxford and Cambridge graduates, but now the more egalitarian MI6 is advertising for recruits on Facebook.

If you’ve ever had fantasies of being a real James Bond, Facebook might be the best place to start that new career. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service – better known as MI6, the organization that runs agents abroad – has begun advertising for recruits on the social networking site, a big turnaround from the times (quite recent times, in fact) when it would quietly look for the qualified among Oxford and Cambridge graduates, and following up on radio and TV ads, according to the Guardian.

MI6 is using three ads that appear when Facebook users contact each other. One reads:

"Time for a career change? MI6 can use your skills. Join us as an operational officer collecting and analyzing global intelligence to protect the UK."

Just bring your own Aston Martin. The government’s on a budget, you know.