100,000
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Avoiding Overseas Job Scams
Maybe you want to find work overseas (especially in danger
zones) because you've heard there's a ton of money to be made.
Or maybe you're just in a hurry to get to work again after
getting out of the military. These and similar reasons give scam
artists all the fuel they need to bilk people out of their
money.
E-mail Job Alerts - Do They Work for Overseas Jobs?
How effective would e-mail job alerts be for someone looking
for overseas jobs in Iraq, Kuwait and other countries for
private military companies and defense contractors? I decided to
conduct some “field work” and find out.
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Halliburton has a backlog
of 100,000 applicants seeking jobs in Iraq - despite a spate of attacks on civilians
there, the company's chief executive said yesterday.
"We have over 100,000
applications on file today for people wanting jobs in that particular theater.
We are still sending 200 to 300 people per week to Iraq, to Kuwait," said
Dave Lesar, who succeeded Vice President Dick Cheney as the head of Halliburton.
Lesar said that reports of company workers leaving
Iraq to return to the U.S. because of the heightened hostilities were overblown.
Halliburton sub-contractor Thomas Hamill escaped
from being held hostage in Iraq on Sunday. From:
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/23730.htm
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