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Things that make you competitive

• A hard language

  Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Punjabi. Rare languages change your odds.

• Data and programming skills

  Analysts who can query large datasets are scarce.

• Intelligence analysis training

  Schools such as the Justice Institute of British Columbia run intelligence analysis programs.

• Military or policing experience

  A common route in, and it comes with a clearance already started.