Help - Former USAID contractor -- zero interviews in a year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish people would help OP instead of rubbing it in. Would be nice if DCUMers could come through for someone a lot like all of us. There but for God go I…and so forth.

I like the healthcare retraining idea for something practical. Could he do college consulting or SAT prep? Pays beaucoup bucks in this area. I paid something like $200 an hour before I realized the tutor didn’t know much more than what I could teach my DD. What about getting his teaching certification?

Teaching certifications are no longer a fall back in this area. FCPS was essentially fully staffed this year and last before the window even opened for external hires. And external hires with experience are always preferred to inexperienced ones. This year they even extended the internal transfer window because of all the destaffs due to decreasing enrollment. We're entering the baby bust.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/upshot/public-schools-enrollment-crisis.html

It's going to be brutal, teaching as a fallback is gone.

[Anonymous]

I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

You literally don't know what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

You literally don't know what you're talking about.

They know EXACTLY what they are talking about.
And the unemployed former USAID workers are painfully learning just how marketable they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

We DID have kpis, targets, and outcomes. Measured and reported on in excruciating detail in real time dashboards plus quarterly and annual reports. My projects then also had baseline, midline, and endline research to measure change in health metrics.

I just don’t understand why people think USAID was out there throwing money around. There were contracts and deliverables and measurement of outcomes. We even had our contracts cancelled if we didn’t perform. And then (gasp) we fired the staff who were responsible for messing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

We DID have kpis, targets, and outcomes. Measured and reported on in excruciating detail in real time dashboards plus quarterly and annual reports. My projects then also had baseline, midline, and endline research to measure change in health metrics.

I just don’t understand why people think USAID was out there throwing money around. There were contracts and deliverables and measurement of outcomes. We even had our contracts cancelled if we didn’t perform. And then (gasp) we fired the staff who were responsible for messing up.

Because they are brainwashed by the MAGA machine to believe this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

When Ebola comes here maybe you’ll begin to have an inkling of what USAID did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

When Ebola comes here maybe you’ll begin to have an inkling of what USAID did.

This thread should end with this comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

When Ebola comes here maybe you’ll begin to have an inkling of what USAID did.

This thread should end with this comment.

Usaid cured ebola ?

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/health/ebola-congo-united-states-trump.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish people would help OP instead of rubbing it in. Would be nice if DCUMers could come through for someone a lot like all of us. There but for God go I…and so forth.

I like the healthcare retraining idea for something practical. Could he do college consulting or SAT prep? Pays beaucoup bucks in this area. I paid something like $200 an hour before I realized the tutor didn’t know much more than what I could teach my DD. What about getting his teaching certification?

Why should we care he isn't even a starving African?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that usaid did much measurable help I think they shot themselves in the foot by not tying the aid with clear kpis, targets and outcomes.

When Ebola comes here maybe you’ll begin to have an inkling of what USAID did.

This thread should end with this comment.

Usaid cured ebola ?

Cured? No. Helped prevent the spread? Sure did. I worked on Ebola response in West Africa. All of us who worked on Ebola and had the experience to respond now have been let go.

[Anonymous]

OP, on another thread there are comments post about ASA (soccer) CEO making close to $400,000, is DH looking at smaller ‘NPOs’?

[Anonymous]

PP here and I have been through reorganizations x 2 and I am in a hiring position now. It is tough. My last open position had 300+ applications within a week. This is in data/tech roles, and 90% were foreign applicants.

[Anonymous]

I am not in DC but we had a large contingent of IR folks in my circle in my city as dh worked for a large NGO and US Aid contractor based here for over 13 years. He left years ago to start a business ( he was on the fundraising side). Many of our program friends from those days now work in city government or state government. They are well suited for emergency management, one is high up working on the homeless programs and policy. Turns out work in refugee camps is great experience for this crisis. Others work in non profits around town. These were senior director level folks mostly.