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The State Department is calling on mid-career experts in the private sector to join the Foreign Service.\nRather than start out at an entry-level rank, the Foreign Service, through its new, Lateral Entry Pilot Program, is looking to hire these experts at mid-level FP-03 and FP-02 ranks.\nThe congressionally mandated, five-year pilot is a departure from the Foreign Service\u2019s focus on recruiting prospective hires early in their careers, and retaining them for the duration of their career.\nLucia Piazza, the deputy assistant secretary for the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Global Talent Management, said the department under the pilot is taking a new approach to filling in some of its workforce gaps.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices