Highest priority hiring programs in the U.S. Department of State is Consular Fellows Program. This is a great opportunity for those graduating soon who speak Spanish/Mandarin/Arabic/Russian/Portuguese.
On March 18, U.S. Department of State launched a new “gateway” testing selection process, similar to the Foreign Service, instead of doing announcements through usajobs.gov. please go to this website: https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/consular-fellows
Careers in office administration are another one of their top 3 hiring priorities at the State Department. Today, U.S. Department of State launched a “pilot” program for our Office Management Specialist positions (basically positions for office administration), please see this direct link to the opening at usajobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/466617800/
More details at: https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/consular-fellows