Aside from getting to meet a good number of my new colleagues, the exciting thing about Week One was seeing the Bid List. This is a list of posts where the people in our class might go on our first tour. Each post includes a location (an embassy or consulate abroad), job function (mostly Consular [visa interviews and American Citizen Services]), approximate start date, and required language skills.
Because our class is big, our bid list is long, which is great because it really covers the whole world - there's a lot of diversity and so, I am sure, something for everyone! By Wednesday we have to turn in the list with each post ranked High, Medium-high, Medium or Low.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
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Are you allowed to post the bid list? I'd love to know what's on it! In what order did you rank the posts?
If you can't tell us that, can you tell us about your decision-making process: e.g. is job function more important to you than getting to live in a really interesting place?
I would love to know what DC considers hardship posts to be.
this website is good for browsing & realistic views of the FSO lifestyle:
http://www.aafsw.org/
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