We had portals. However creating them was extremely tricky, involving either black magic or enough energy to create an atomic bomb. There are 'natural' portals, but they're located in remote regions.
I'll see what I can do. I'll need your resume and copies of your files from your last employer, then we'll see if we could schedule an interview-along with all the other sort of tests required thanks to homeland security.
Why not, I'm married to a thousand plus year old necromancer, it'd take a lot to shock me.