Employers
The Foreign Service isn't a single organization. Prospective officers actually apply to join one of two different agencies: either the Department of State or the Bureau of International Information Programs. The Department of State develops and implements foreign policy, while the Bureau of International Information Programs explains these policies and actions to the world by engaging in public diplomacy. When hired, officers are offered an appointment to one of these agencies. There's very little moving between agencies. Foreign Service officers work in Washington, D.C., or are stationed in more than 170 foreign countries that have U.S. embassies, consulates, and diplomatic missions.
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- Ambassadors
- Anthropologists
- Archaeologists
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Border Patrol Agents
- Campaign Workers
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- College Professors
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Cultural Advisers
- Customs Brokers
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Economists
- Emergency Management Directors
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Lobbyists
- Environmental Planners
- EPA Special Agents
- Ethnoscientists
- Export-Import Specialists
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- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
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- Interpreters
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