tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post105721199747979481..comments2023-10-10T11:23:10.438-04:00Comments on Diplopundit: Staffing the Foreign Service – Part IIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-42918849096178347122008-05-13T08:52:00.000-04:002008-05-13T08:52:00.000-04:00Thanks CAA for the comments and the link!Thanks Ji...Thanks CAA for the comments and the link!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Jill! I hope you will find something good in your next post. I would loved to be pleasantly surprise if any one of these ideas actually gets pursued ... but somehow I feel pretty much like a hamster on this .... <BR/><BR/>Betsy - Cooling your heels on the GS side is probably not a bad idea. I think if we look at the numbers especially with women living longer - it is a worrying picture, much more for foreign born spouses because they won't necessarily have all the family support they need stateside.DShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339509969722767671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-43734414345065182962008-05-12T21:49:00.000-04:002008-05-12T21:49:00.000-04:00I'm feeling you on the part about the foreign-born...I'm feeling you on the part about the foreign-born spouses. Good grief, talk about wasted resources! Part of the reason why I'm cooling my heels on the GS side after 15 years in the foreign service is this very issue.n/ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716050226431226540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-56847107633416961732008-05-12T13:12:00.000-04:002008-05-12T13:12:00.000-04:00Great post! Fabulous Ideas... would love to see th...Great post! <BR/><BR/>Fabulous Ideas... would love to see the EFM Virtual Corps or the EFM Corp implemented.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts from "just" an unemployed, stay-at-home, EFM.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493268452074516009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-90629756877588913662008-05-12T12:40:00.000-04:002008-05-12T12:40:00.000-04:00Some great ideas you've outlined.I've quoted you a...Some great ideas you've outlined.<BR/><BR/>I've quoted you and linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-staffing-foreign-service-part-iii-2.htmlConsul-At-Armshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391037582103556978noreply@blogger.com