JOB SEARCH: Hiring for Embassies/Consulates

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I find out via e-mail alert from Workopolis that Slovenia's looking to hire an "Economic Diplomacy Officer" via Indeed as I write this entry. I am mildly surprised that the Slovenian government would be willing to go to such measures to recruit for an embassy or consulate.

But then, I am similarly surprised when other countries conduct similar hiring searches for other posts at their embassies and/or consulates in general. It doesn't strike me as something that should be common practice.

Comments

[sabotabby]

Hell, I don't know fuck all about Slovenia beyond where it is on a map and it's the country that spawned Zizek, but anywhere is looking better than here right now.

[armiphlage]

Apparently they have quite a high standard of living in Slovenia.

If it's for a Canadian posting, maybe they're trying to avoid paying to relocate someone from Slovenia and pay living expenses. They may not even consider it essential that the candidate be a Slovenian national, as long as they do a good job of representing Slovenia. Which seems rather enlightened.