GCHQ Unveils Recruitment Puzzle on LinkedIn to Attract Diverse Minds
The UK's intelligence agency seeks to challenge and recruit potential spies with a complex puzzle, emphasizing the importance of diverse thinking and lateral problem-solving skills.
- GCHQ collaborates with artist Justin Eagleton to create a puzzle containing 13 clues, revealing the message 'Journey to GCHQ'.
- The puzzle, designed to appeal to individuals with strong lateral-thinking skills, features a variety of clues including the phonetic alphabet, sign language, and Morse code.
- GCHQ's initiative on LinkedIn aims to recruit a 'right mix of minds' to tackle complex global threats, highlighting the agency's focus on diversity in recruitment.
- The puzzle's solution, 'Journey to GCHQ', underscores the agency's mission to attract talents from different backgrounds and experiences.
- GCHQ Director Anne Keast-Butler emphasizes the critical role of diversity in staying ahead of threats and challenges facing the UK.