Security Clearance Careers Podcast

"Building the foundation of the relationship is critical to the future partnership." Partnerships are important, especially in national security. ClearanceJobs' Manager of Partnerships, Jenn Magerer, joins the podcast to outline steps to creating a successful partnership. No matter if you are a recruiter, a candidate, a contractor, or government, critical partnerships are the way of the future whe...

Sports betting and online gaming is on the rise. If you hold a security clearance, you may be wondering if an online gaming hobby or addiction could result in security clearance denial or revocation. Unlike other issues, like misuse of IT systems, sexual behavior, or alcohol abuse, gambling isn't a separate adjudicative guideline. But that doesn't mean to can't cause serious clearance concerns. Wh...

Gina Bennett, a former member of CIA's Senior Analytic Service, is a seasoned counterterrorism specialist who authored the earliest warnings of some of today's terrorism trends, including the 1993 report that warned of the growing danger of Osama bin Laden and the movement he was creating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The  Intel Summit  is taking plac e at National Harbor September 15 and 16. Lewis Shepherd,  VMWare  Research & Innovation and AFCEA Intelligence Committee Vice Chair, chats about the summit and what attendees can expect. He also shares insight into the current  federal tech landscape , commercial space technology, and why the intel summit brings together so many voice...

If you were banking on a windfall from the OPM class action lawsuit related to a data breach involving more than 20 million security clearance applicants - you'll need to keep betting. Unfortunately, behind the fine print of those $700 average payouts is the reality that you have to prove that you incurred some form of financial or time loss as a direct result of the breach. ClearanceJobs and secu...

Lisa Harris joins the Security Clearance Careers Podcast to chat about mastering your federal resume. She’s a veteran and has her own YouTube channel, Easy Federal Resumes and More, where she shares information that will empower and support individual's efforts to get their foot in the door with the federal government! She has incredible insights on creating a highly qualified federal resume,...

The past few weeks have ushered in a new category of social media influencer - the security clearance expert who knows everything there is about security clearance classification and is ready to educate you on everything related to the security clearance process in light of the hundreds of pages of allegedly classified information recovered from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Just because se...

The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) does everything from in-flight security to responding to threats within the transportation domain around the world. ClearanceJobs talked with Aaron, a Senior Federal Air Marshal, to learn more about his career with FAMS and the wide variety of work he’s done over the years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of the Security Clearance Careers Podcast, Jill Hamilton and Katie Keller walk through the top global defense companies and how they performed in FY21. The war in Ukraine has sparked foreign military sales and spending for defense contracting companies – but we focus on the top ten US based companies that made the list . It looks quite similar to last year, but there are some...

Pentagon is America's largest office building, and if you work in national security there is a good chance you'll have a chance to work there or interact with those who do. Depending upon your perspective, it may prompt a sort of dread - or delight. As we consider what it means to work in a national security career, it seemed like an appropriate time to do our own homage to America's best office b...

He was in the negative on $20,000 a month in lost revenue. Even though he was working as his own boss in the security clearance world, he was waiting out on a clearance crossover to a law enforcement agency, already quitting his W2 job. But the payout can be worth the risk…potentially 50% more than your current salary working for someone else. Have you ever felt like you are on the hamster wheel a...

There are 24 hours in the day, and an increasing number of professionals are looking to maximize every one of them with a side hustle. If you work in national security and maintain a security clearance, however, you'll want to keep in mind not just your employer's rules, but also the government's adjudicative guidelines surrounding outside activities.  In the more extreme, you may think of a...

The Russian / Ukraine conflict has escalated the cybersecurity worker shortage and shown us how important it is that we have high skilled national security workers to combat future cybersecurity threats. IT industry statistics show that the need for cybersecurity workers has increased 30% in the last year with more than 400,000 open cybersecurity jobs. A new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) g...

There is good news surrounding the security clearance process - it takes fewer days to get a final clearance determination, interim clearances can be granted in a minimum of weeks, and reciprocity times (how long it takes to transfer a clearance) are dropping. That's opening the door for companies to onboard uncleared talent to help it grow the talent pool. That's one of the key strategies being u...

"A candidate’s first impression is a lasting one – and it can mean they stay with you for six months or six years.” -Ross O’Rourke Your Applicant Tracking System (ATS) doesn’t do all of the recruiting work but it can certainly make or break your recruiting team. What are the components of a good ATS? And even more so important, the elements of a bad one? ClearanceJobs was joined by Ross O’Rourke w...

Since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently released new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ClearanceJobs thought it was the perfect time to rundown the top ten NASA defense contractors and what jobs they have available. NASA is a U.S. federal government agency that is responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. While a ba...

In one of the latest signs of the times, an increasing number of security clearance holders or those working in national security are having to create a new criteria around who they date – and that’s checking to ensure their new love interest doesn’t have a marijuana habit. The  discussion boards at ClearanceJobs  and popular forums like Reddit include the tales of the  Washington &...

When recruiting for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) positions was a seller’s market and recruiters had applicants banging down their doors, recruiting metrics may not have been as important as they are today in shaping the landscape of what recruiters do on a daily basis. But in today's world where there is not enough talent for the amount of national security openings...

Thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, use of online pharmacies grew 17%, and the online pharmaceutical market is expected to grow to $42.7 million by 2028, according to a report by Million Insights. Online pharmacies offer convenience, potential cost savings - but also open up opportunities for fraud and drug abuse for individuals who use easy online access to game the system - or even buy medi...

ClearanceJobs sat down with Chris Parrett, Human Resources Director at the United States Space Force, to talk about how the Space Force is creating unique opportunities for not only their military and civilian Guardians, but their spouses and family members. as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are many issues in today’s recruiting environment – how can recruiters better reach passive veteran talent? How can they combat ghosting? How are they going to fill their 30 open billets? Meeting veteran talent where they are and being willing to have networking conversations that serve future pipelines instead of current open billets are ideal traits of today's recruiter; instead of the hea...

NISPOM Conforming Change 2 went into effect in May of 2016, creating requirements across the defense industrial base concerning minimum requirements for assessing and addressing threat risk inside an organization. Five years later, security professionals continue to wonder how to best develop an insider threat program that doesn't just comply with the standard outlined by the Defense and Counterin...

Right at the end of the of the “dot-com” bust that started in the late 1990’s, a new internet website went against the grain and chose this inopportune time to launch. It was Wednesday, July 7th 2002 that  ClearanceJobs.com  first went online with our first candidate registering on July 10th. It was less than a week past our country’s July 4th birthday, and the events of 9/11 were still...

For cleared positions it's often essential to transfer workers between contracts rather than onboard new talent. Unfortunately, that's often easier said than done. The issue of security clearance mobility is the focus of a recent white paper released by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). While one may assume that once you've obtained a security clearance you should be able to...

The federal contracting process is complex and has pain points experienced by contracting officers, proposal managers, recruiters, and others in the industry.  ClearanceJobs was joined by Tony Kwag who is an expert on the contracting process, having experienced it both on the industry and RFP creation sides. Specifically, we discuss the slowdown behind federal contracting; what it can be attr...