With the process of putting CDs up for auction finished, I spent much of this afternoon (it's still Thursday to me) catching up with the responses to my plea for help. Of course, I expected Glenn Reynolds's greatly appreciated link, as well as an unsolicited one from Bill Quick for which I am similarly appreciative, to generate quite a bit of traffic, but I'm happy to admit that I'd tempered my expectations a bit too much.
No, I've had no job offers, yet. The closest that I've come involved one reader who actually called his company's publishing office about openings and, although there were none, managed at least to acquire the name and contact information of a recruiter. (Surely the lack of offers is only on account of the procedures through which even insta-hires must go.) Nonetheless, with all of the leads and solid advice that I received (not to mention donations amounting to more than a day's pay), the two days of correspondence have certainly energized me and given me several directions and methods to pursue.
Clayton Cramer, for one, sent a possibility that's sufficiently intriguing to pass along:
Announcement Number: FO-2004-0028
Vacancy Description: Intelligence Analyst, GS-0132-13 / 14 (EX)
Open Period: 07/12/2004 - 08/09/2004
Series/Grade: GS-0132-13/14
Salary: $62,905.00 TO $96,637.00
Promotion Potential: GS-14
Hiring Agency: DOJ/FBI
Duty Locations: MANY vacancies Continental United States Throughout the US
With the deadline looming, I'm still debating whether to apply, but it seems to me that the leap from a certain type of blogging to intelligence analysis isn't all that far. Indeed, the geopolitically concerned branches of the blogosphere might be a profitable area from which intelligence agencies could farm talent.
Of course, there's all variations of talent to be found among bloggers. If, for example, anybody's looking for an electrical engineer, Donald Crankshaw is available... as am I, for jobs related to publishing.
Posted by Justin Katz at August 6, 2004 1:28 AMCareful about getting your hopes up too high. Some of the actual vacancies for which they are hiring are at GS-9 level (at less than $37k base pay).
Posted by: m at August 6, 2004 6:52 PMIf you go to work for DoJ or the Fibbies, you can hang up your blogging spurs. Or dare to challenge them on their no-blogging policy.
DoJ is VERY uncomfortable about both blogging and in-house access to the Internet. They like to keep their classified systems clean, which means no non-classified systems in the house. You might find one or two in the cafeteria, but there's sure as hell not going to be one on your desk, most particularly if you're doing analysis.
Posted by: John at August 7, 2004 12:12 AM
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