Cleared for Departure

*A guide to breaking into overseas government employment through embassy construction*

## Outline

1. Why This Path Exists

2. The Security Clearance On-Ramp

3. Mapping the Industry

4. Where the Jobs Actually Are

5. Building a Resume That Gets Past the Filters

6. The Application & Interview Process

7. Negotiating Offers & Understanding Compensation

8. Your First 90 Days Overseas

9. Turning One Contract Into a Career

10. Action Plan

Here's what nobody tells you when you're fresh out of school, or a few years into a job that feels more like a waiting room than a career: there is an entire world of work that most people never even know exists. Somewhere between the military and the diplomatic corps, there's a massive, ongoing effort to build and maintain U.S. government facilities overseas - embassies, consulates, support compounds - and it runs almost entirely on contractors. Cleared, capable, ordinary people who decided to go where the work was, instead of waiting for the work to come to them.