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GackMan
23 April 2007, 02:49
A friend of mine may be looking for a linguist job.

He is a college educated native Arabic speaker and is a US citizen. He has no military experience (and thus, no clearance).

If anyone has the inside scoop on employment opportunities, shoot me a PM.
Scout_22
23 April 2007, 13:59
If your friend is willing to deploy, can obtain a Secret clearence, and can pass a over-the-phone interview in Modern Standard Arabic he can take his pick. Titan and L-3 are the big kids but there is alot of other sub-contractors doing the same thing. Even BW contacted me a few months ago to fill a translator position. MPRI has Arabic positions open here in the States if he would like to stay CONUS.
Scout
GackMan
23 April 2007, 16:47
Thanks!

I turned him onto the big ones TITAN/L3 etc. I hadn't looked at MPRI. (eventhough they are also owned by L3).

I think he'd like to stay local if he stays CONUS but is thinking about traveling OCONUS.
norts
23 April 2007, 21:17
He could try CACI or if he wants domestic ask if he has looked on USAJOBS.gov
PSYWAR 1-0
24 April 2007, 16:58
Intelligencecareers.com
militaryhire.com

Both have openings listed.

Also IIRC DLI East is looking for folks,
racing_snake
14 October 2010, 15:18
Is the Arabic job market drying up? I don't see many positions on Intelligence Careers, and USAjobs anymore, and the salaries have taken a nose dive? Is Farsi or Urdu the way to go now? I live in SoCal, and I'm not looking to move--are there positions such as this locally?
bubblehead
15 October 2010, 10:13
Is Farsi or Urdu the way to go now?
You cannot go wrong with any of Pashto/Dari/Farsi/Urdu. I have a buddy who is a college-educated Farsi/Dari speaker. He is working for a civilian contractor and is currently deployed as part of a Human Terrain Team (HTT) in Afghanistan.
N2Narkosis
15 October 2010, 10:33
You cannot go wrong with any of Pashto/Dari/Farsi/Urdu. I have a buddy who is a college-educated Farsi/Dari speaker. He is working for a civilian contractor and is currently deployed as part of a Human Terrain Team (HTT) in Afghanistan.

Just to piggy-back off of the original question, is Arabic not so highly sought anymore? I've spent a little bit of time to get 1-1+ proficient in Arabic- Modern Standard and plan on studying the language for another 4 years in college. I'm applying to GWU and UF (both of which have a good Arabic program) and would hate to see all that time wasted...
Guy
15 October 2010, 10:38
Check out Torres (http://www.torresco.com/) also, most of there linguist I've met are college educated and pretty good.

Stay safe.