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The United States Government employs thousands of individual private and defense contractors every year to work overseas. The Department of Defense, State Department, USAID, and various military branches employ these companies to contract with and employ thousands of people as construction, security personnel, IT specialists, logistics, administrators, food service, doctors, accountants, etc.
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To outdistance your job-seeking competitors, follow this best practice... before writing your resume. Make a list of 10-15 (or more) mutual good-fit employers to target.
Research them to determine what makes you uniquely qualified to help them meet their current challenges, for market intelligence, and to uncover relevant keywords and phrases. Use this information to create content for your brand messaging and career marketing materials (resume, biography, LinkedIn profile, etc.) that will resonate with those target employers.
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United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM). USFK is the joint headquarters through which U.S. combat forces would be sent to South Korea/US (ROK/U.S.) Combined Forces Command’s (CFC) fighting components – are the combined ground, air, naval, marine, and special operations forces component commands.
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Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate, located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. A strait in the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island kingdom of Bahrain.
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Private military contractors are private companies that provide the same services as a private military, but instead of being employed by a government or state, they work for private organizations. The private organization hires them to protect their employees and assets while providing security in high-risk areas. They can be hired by anyone from an individual to a corporation, non-governmental organization (NGO), or multinational company.
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Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea borders it in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of just 3,200 km / 8,958 sq mi.
Djibouti is a multi-ethnic nation with a population of over 790,000 inhabitants. The Somali and Afar make up the two largest
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Before private military contractors and other overseas workers confront the Iraq War, they must first emerge victorious in the Paperwork War.
After they receive provisional employment offers, which probably means they have already provided a considerable amount of background materials to their prospective employers, candidates must normally complete the Office of Personnel Management’s
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Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States
Contractors authorized to accompany the Force, or CAAF, means contractor personnel, including all tiers of subcontractor personnel, who are authorized to accompany U.S. Armed Forces in applicable operations and have been afforded CAAF status through a letter of authorization. CAAF generally includes all U.S. citizen and third-country national employees not normally
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When applying for work abroad, make sure that you customize your resume to the given job, ensuring specific skills and regional experiences are addressed properly. The recruiter may not see the link between your attributes and their job, so provide connections in the resume. Including a personal statement to galvanize any important points will also be beneficial.
First impressions are very important, especially when looking at work abroad. Overseas recruiters will use this document as a
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More and more civilian contractors are moving to Abu Dhabi in search of the same tax-free wealth, less the constant commercial frenzy found in nearby Dubai. Once a desert outpost dependent on pearling and palm gardening, the city and its surrounds has grown tremendously in the last decade and have emerged as an attractive destination luring foreigners from around the globe.
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