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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Lowering the Bar? FBI Drops Hiring Ban on Applicants Who Paid for Prostitutes Amid Staff Shortages

The FBI eases its hiring ban on applicants who paid for sex amid a wider recruitment push (Credit: By FBI - This file was derived from: Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.svg by Clindberg, Public Domain)

The FBI will no longer automatically reject job applicants who have paid for sex, a quiet loosening of its once-rigid hiring code as the bureau scrambles to refill ranks hollowed out by resignations, firings and retirements.

Under the change, recruiters will weigh the circumstances of a candidate's past encounters with prostitutes rather than treat the conduct as an automatic disqualification.

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