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USAID career tracks and employment types

What’s the difference between civil service and foreign service officers, foreign service nationals and personal services contractors? Are all U.S. Agency for International Development interns and fellows considered federal employees? How do payment and application procedures differ? USAID’s recruitment chief explains.

By Rolf Rosenkranz // 25 April 2011

What’s the difference between civil service and foreign service officers, foreign service nationals and personal services contractors? Are all U.S. Agency for International Development interns and fellows considered federal employees? How do payment and application procedures differ? Tom Davis, outreach and marketing chief in USAID’s Office of Human Resources, explains.

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