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Anonymous
Dear /trv/,

Does anyone here have experience in getting a United States federal job overseas? I've looked on USAjobs.com, and the results are kinda ambiguous. The two biggest employers are the Air Force and the Army. The ads for Air Force (civilian!) jobs pretty much all say, "We may or may not be hiring. You can send in your resume anyway if you want, I guess." The Army (civilian!) jobs are for actual open jobs, but the ads all say, "If you're not a current or former federal employee, don't bother."

tl;dr Any advice for an American getting a job in Europe, preferably the UK or Germany?
>> Anonymous
I have a striking feeling the banhammer will start flying soon
>> Anonymous
SHITBUCKETS
>> Anonymous
>>60745

retard, check the defense contractors; lockheed, boeing, bae, saic, mantech, general dynamics, etc.

expect to at LEAST be able to get a DoD secret clearance
>> Anonymous
Ask again later, when /trv/ is a little less /b/
>> Anonymous
Unless you are good at languages or already know the host country's language I would stay away for now. Bases have been closing right and left for the last few years. I know the base where I worked for eight years closed last year. So unless you can make it on your own if the worst happens I would not suggest it. Defense contractors are great and all but once again when a contract ends or changes you are screwed yet again. Also don't contract in Germany as they tax the crap out of you. Italy and Luxemburg are okay. Soon things will be opening up more in Eastern Europe and then it will be time to start looking.
>> Anonymous
I've been trying USAJOBS for awhile. A lot of the "Job applications" are complete b.s. as you've noticed. I assume the only reason the website exists, and agencies post on it, is some mandate somewhere, and if you know about the Federal government, they'll implement the shit out of mandates, but rarely know what the fuck they're doing.

ACTUAL ADVICE: Find the job you're qualified for, in the location you want to go, then find out who does that job, the website might help you out there, applying in person is best (if agency is nearby), but if you must apply online look into what they ask for on their website and try calling them. Your best chance to get the job is to be completely qualified. But I'm not sure what job you could get that would keep you in that country permanently. They like to move people around like product.

I applied for a dozen jobs I wasn't really qualified for to no avail, then I found an opening for a TSA job (airport security) which I was completely qualified and experienced to do. They immediately responded to have me test for eligibility.
>> Anonymous
>>61270
The Federal government won't leave you in a foreign country. Even if you're fired.
>>61033
OP if you want a contractor job, that's completely different. Contractors are hired by companies, sometimes through unions that are contracted by the Federal government. For those jobs you'll have to find out what company is providing employees to what countries. Then apply for a job with the particular company, specifically asking for a spot in that country. But most contracts are temporary. I was stationed in Japan, and the contractor experts I knew would get flown in on demand, they would stay for as long as the job lasted (a few days to a week max) then go back. Long term jobs were taken by local contractors. But you'd really have to look into that. Most people don't choose loose contract jobs to get to a specific country.