Cleared for Departure
*A guide to breaking into overseas government employment through embassy construction*
## Outline
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Why This Path Exists
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The Security Clearance On-Ramp
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Mapping the Industry
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Where the Jobs Actually Are
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Building a Resume That Gets Past the Filters
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The Application & Interview Process
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Negotiating Offers & Understanding Compensation
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Your First 90 Days Overseas
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Turning One Contract Into a Career
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Action Plan
Here's what nobody tells you when you're fresh out of school, or a few years into a job that feels more like a waiting room than a career: there is an entire world of work that most people never even know exists. Somewhere between the military and the diplomatic corps, there's a massive, ongoing effort to build and maintain U.S. government facilities overseas - embassies, consulates, support compounds - and it runs almost entirely on contractors. Cleared, capable, ordinary people who decided to go where the work was, instead of waiting for the work to come to them.
