The New York Times reports that the freeze on Foreign Service hiring has been lifted, so if you’re willing to endure being moved to a new (occasionally dangerous) country every 2 to 3 years…

…you might want to consider applying. Take this quiz to see if you’re constitutionally suited for the job.

Salaries usually run between 40,000 and 75,000, although you can get more if you end up working in a “kill zone,” which is a term we just made up to make it sound worse than it possibly is.

“Hiring Window Is Open at the Foreign Service” [New York Times]
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