Calling All Foreign Service Community Members…
I have received a number of queries from readers inquiring about the various positions in the Foreign Service and what their job usually entails. As a result, I am interested in arranging a series of guest posts by the various skill codes in the Foreign Service as well as EFMs. If you are interested in participating, leave a comment or drop me an e-mail at opsecblog@gmail.com . I won’t ask you for your State e-mail address, but I will reserve the right to not publish your submission if I think it’s fake or disingenuous. If you are a fellow blogger and want to post your submission on your own site I’m happy to link to it.
If there’s not a good response I probably won’t move forward, but I think this is a great chance to talk your job up (if you enjoy it) or shed some light on the realities (if you don’t).
The OpSec Blog 
Sounds like a good idea, I know I found these types of post valuable when I was joining.
Mike Walls
20/01/2012 at 12:43
I also think it’s a great idea. I’m an EFM, locally employed at post (outside the Consulate). Don’t know if the resources, photos I share/provide by the blogposts could be interesting/helpful, but I make all the information available to other expats.
Greetings from Recife, Brazil.
http://3rdculturechildren.com/2012/01/23/18-months-in-brazil-sharing-tips/
3rdCultureChildren
23/01/2012 at 12:43
I think it would definitely be helpful.
OSB
24/01/2012 at 10:53
let me know how I could make myself helpful… It’ll be a pleasure! Regards, R.
3rdCultureChildren
30/01/2012 at 18:31
For starters if both you and Mr. Walls would put out a similar request to mine about sharing guest posts by different specialties I think it would be good to drum up interest. Like I said… if it’s only going to be for an SEO, an IMS, and an EFM I’m not sure how much interest the project will get. On the flip side I think it’d be really cool for the FS blogging community to run such a project if it got enough participation.
OSB
31/01/2012 at 10:59