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Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser touts for ‘unusual’ applicants outside of the Oxbridge set
Rajeev Syal
Thu 2 Jan 2020 21.08 GMT
Last modified on Thu 2 Jan 2020 22.28 GMT
Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief adviser, has written a rambling blog calling for “weirdos and misfits with odd skills” to apply for new jobs within No 10.
In a move way outside the usual recruitment procedures of Whitehall, the key architect of Johnson’s election victory has outlined a set of “unusual” qualities he wishes to see in applicants in the blog post which runs to nearly 3,000 words.
A lucky junior applicant will be chosen to be his personal assistant, he added.
The move will be seen as part of the new Conservatives’ plans to shake up central government and break up the civil service’s alleged stranglehold over policy.
In one section, Cummings wrote that he wanted to bring in “super-talented weirdos” with “genuine cognitive diversity” and avoid senior civil service applicants with Oxford and Cambridge English degrees.
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Boris Johnson’s chief adviser touts for ‘unusual’ applicants outside of the Oxbridge set
Rajeev Syal
Thu 2 Jan 2020 21.08 GMT
Last modified on Thu 2 Jan 2020 22.28 GMT
Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief adviser, has written a rambling blog calling for “weirdos and misfits with odd skills” to apply for new jobs within No 10.
In a move way outside the usual recruitment procedures of Whitehall, the key architect of Johnson’s election victory has outlined a set of “unusual” qualities he wishes to see in applicants in the blog post which runs to nearly 3,000 words.
A lucky junior applicant will be chosen to be his personal assistant, he added.
The move will be seen as part of the new Conservatives’ plans to shake up central government and break up the civil service’s alleged stranglehold over policy.
In one section, Cummings wrote that he wanted to bring in “super-talented weirdos” with “genuine cognitive diversity” and avoid senior civil service applicants with Oxford and Cambridge English degrees.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/02/dominic-cummings-calls-for-weirdos-and-misfits-for-no-10-jobs
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