Applying for the Old Foreign Service
Here’s an entertaining piece by Olya Thompson about applying for the old Foreign Service. At that time the Department of State was actively discriminating against women, a matter that took many years...
View ArticleSo You Want To Be A Diplomat
Though I had nothing to do with making this video, it is hilarious. Future diplomats, Foreign Service Officers and those who love them, enjoy! Try here if the video is not showing above: So You Want To...
View ArticleMG Edwards: I Am No Longer A Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer MG Edwards just resigned after seven years, and wrote down some cold truths about life at State that are now required reading for all, especially you young ‘uns thinking about a...
View ArticleForeign Service Officer Blogs to Love
As alert readers of this blog know, I am in the process of being fired from the Department of State in large part because of this blog. The firing part revolves around me “writing about matters of...
View ArticleShould I Join the Foreign Service?
(A version of this article appeared recently on the Huffington Post, May 10, 2012) Final tuition bills, spring in the air — it is commencement season, and soon-to-be graduates across the United States...
View ArticleForbes: State Department Number Three Dream Employer
We today celebrate the reopening for business of the U.S. government, a once proud franchise now reduced to periodic closures and reliance on borrowed money to stay afloat. At the same time, the...
View ArticleLife in the 21st Century State Department
A recent post, Forbes: State Department Number Three Dream Employer, about how popular working for the State Department is among people who have never actually worked for the State Department, merited...
View ArticleApplying for the Old Foreign Service
Here’s an entertaining piece by Olya Thompson about applying for the old Foreign Service. At that time the Department of State was actively discriminating against women, a matter that took many years...
View ArticleSo You Want To Be A Diplomat
Though I had nothing to do with making this video, it is hilarious. Future diplomats, Foreign Service Officers and those who love them, enjoy! Try here if the video is not showing above: So You Want To...
View ArticleMG Edwards: I Am No Longer A Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer MG Edwards just resigned after seven years, and wrote down some cold truths about life at State that are now required reading for all, especially you young ‘uns thinking about a...
View ArticleForeign Service Officer Blogs to Love
As alert readers of this blog know, I am in the process of being fired from the Department of State in large part because of this blog. The firing part revolves around me “writing about matters of...
View ArticleShould I Join the Foreign Service?
(A version of this article appeared recently on the Huffington Post, May 10, 2012) Final tuition bills, spring in the air — it is commencement season, and soon-to-be graduates across the United States...
View ArticleForbes: State Department Number Three Dream Employer
We today celebrate the reopening for business of the U.S. government, a once proud franchise now reduced to periodic closures and reliance on borrowed money to stay afloat. At the same time, the...
View ArticleLife in the 21st Century State Department
A recent post, Forbes: State Department Number Three Dream Employer, about how popular working for the State Department is among people who have never actually worked for the State Department, merited...
View ArticleDiplomatic Diversity Fails (Again and Again) at State Department
America’s diplomat corps is the latest victim of diversity uber alles. Choosing diplomats for the 21st century is now about the same process as choosing which gummy bear to eat next. But fear not,...
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