There’s lots of talk in Washington about jobs, and there’s lots of talk about Afghanistan. But I was surprised to see that one of the rising searches in Google this week is the combination of the two.
Searches for the phrase “jobs in afghanistan” has been rising throughout 2009 and got a nice upward bump this week. The volume of search for this phrase is now nearly as large as searches for “jobs in iraq.”
I shouldn’t have been surprised that so many unemployed Americans are looking Eastward. Afghanistan job listings on the official USA government jobs website include positions with extra “danger pay” and other addons that could bring the yearly salary upwards of $150,000. Job requirements seem to be approximately the following (I’m reading between the lines here): a US citizen, able to breathe.
I wonder if the jobs include health insurance?
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