Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>]

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From: "Goober Writer" <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: August 13, 2003 01:07 PM
Subject: Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances


> 
> > I did not say the high unemployment rate was due to
> > security-clearance
> > requirements. I said it was making a bad situation
> > worse for unemployed people like me.
> 
> Right, but what can you do (except apply for clearance
> and hope that pays off)?

You don't "apply for clearance" unless you are in a job that requires it.


 It so happens that these
> particular jobs have that requirement. As far as I
> know, if you had clearance with a former
> employer/contract, that clearance is void upon
> termination of the agreement. So, candidates looking
> to fill these positions must need to carry their own,
> which IMHO is unlikely. So, why not apply anyway,
> noting clearances you've held in the past, and see
> what happens?
>  

I haven't had clearances in the past. They want you to hold a clearance NOW.


> > > If you don't have the skills that employers are
> > demanding, then acquire
> > those
> > > skills. You can't expect employers to lower their
> > requirements, just to
> > "fill
> > > slots."
> > >
> > 
> > Who said anything about not having the skills?  Even
> > a quick reading of my
> > initial post and subsequent comments will show that
> > I am talking about
> > security clearances, not skills.
> 
> Skills or not, clearance was listed as a requirement.
> In my experience, job requirements are a wish list of
> sorts. So, go in with what you have, put your best
> foot forward, and see what happens.
> 

No. They are only considering people with clearances. They mean it.

Bonnie Granat
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