Cool Job: Information Resource Officer

Foreign Service Officer is not the only job available with the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service. You can be a Foreign Service Specialist. The following is a job that I hope to apply for in the future since I have an undergraduate degree in international studies, internship experience at the U.S. Department of State, and am pursuing the MLS now.

"Information Resource Officer: IROs provide professional guidance and direction to 170 Information Resource Centers (IRCs) located at U.S. embassies abroad. Through extensive travel within an assigned region, IROs counsel Mission Officials on effective information program resources and services, assess staff needs, carry out regional training programs, demonstrate and promote U.S. electronic information resources, and establish contacts with host country information and library institutions. IROs are a vital part of the Department of State's Office of International Information Programs, the principal international strategic communications service for the foreign affairs community."

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