[Dclug] [Ma-linux] The Recession is over for Geeks!

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Agency Clearances are not "Real Clearances".

This discussion is about DoD Clearances...Secret and above.

And Greg, I beg to differ. There are MANY jobs out there that say 
"Clearance Required". Most companies will NOT hire you without one. 
Today it's all Instant Gratification; few companies have any patience.

I had a big argument on the DC Sage group not long ago, and many people 
who HAD clearances and who worked for companies couldn't understand why 
it was such a bad thing not to clear their own people.

Pretty hypocritical for them to worry about their own cleared people 
leaving, but yet accept people cleared by other companies.

Yes, I am sure that SOME companies WILL clear people. But Very Few.

JIM

greg pryzby wrote:
> It depends on the contact. If you have the skills they need and don't 
> have a clearance, at this point companies (depending on lots of 
> circumstances) are willing to get you cleared.
> 
> 
> jecottrell3 at comcast.net wrote:
>> They are easy enough to get, but you need to find a sponsor. But since 
>> they take time to process, few companies are willing to hire people 
>> without them.
>>
>> They all see to want to cheat and get people who are already cleared.
>>
>> JIM
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alan McConnell" <alan at patriot.net>
>> To: jecottrell3 at comcast.net
>> Cc: linux-pe at tux.org, ma-linux at tux.org, dclug at calypso.tux.org
>> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 5:34:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [Dclug] The Recession is over for Geeks!
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 06:29:19PM +0000, jecottrell3 at comcast.net wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, what they forgot to mention is that them geeks will 
>>> need clearances.
>>>
>>     True enough.  But they are easy to get these days, from what
>>     I hear from friends who've gotten them almost automatically.
>>
>>> P.S. And of course, they just might not decide to give them to
>>> people who lie down on the pavement while distributing
>>> seditious pins :)
>>     <G>  All compliments gratefully accepted!   But -- even if I
>>     weren't long retired -- my chances for getting a security 
>>     clearance probably vanished about fifty years ago.  ("No
>>     bragging, Alan!!")
>>
>> Best wishes to all,
>>
>> Alan, who hopes that Jim will soon join linux-pe
>>
> 
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