USAID cancels jobs for dozens of applicants amid State Department hiring freeze
Source: The Hill
By Carol Morello November 4 at 12:15 PM
For the foreseeable future, the developing world will have fewer American engineers, economists, teachers and health workers to help prepare for the future.
The U.S. Agency for International Development sent letters last month to 97 applicants for Foreign Service jobs, saying the positions had been “cancelled.”
None of the applicants work for USAID. But many already had passed their required medical and security clearances and had been waiting months to be hired, according to an official with the agency.
The jobs all were for overseas spots at the core of USAID’s mission and were being sought to fill existing and anticipated vacancies caused in part by attrition, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to address hiring decisions more candidly.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/usaid-cancels-jobs-for-dozens-of-applicants-amid-state-department-hiring-freeze/2017/11/04/31c094c0-c0b9-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html
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