Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Andrea Barajas

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Duties and responsibilities: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation's prime  federal law enforcement agency. The FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation. At an FBI field office, a senior-level FBI officer concurrently serves as the representative of the  Director of National Intelligence.The FBI can and does at times carry out secret activities overseas, just as the CIA has a limited domestic function these activities generally require coordination across government agencies.

Salary:$43,441

Education: FBI special agents must take at least one of the FBI Special Agent Entry Programs to be eligible for employment. THere are five they can take either of these; Language, Law, Accounting, Computer Science/ Information Technology, and Diversified.  

Demand for this particular career:  The candidates must be at least 23 but younger than 37. They also must be United States citizens, they also must hold a four year degree of a college or university.

Reflection: I would like to be an FBI. I like the idea of investigating and trying to solve the mysteries, I actually love mysteries. I know it takes time to solve but we have to be smart and open minded. I like the idea of helping people out and be out and be active and socialize with a team.