Security Cleared Jobs: Who's Hiring & How

In honor of Veterans Day, this special bonus episode of our podcast gives you clips of our top tips for transitioning military from our 2022 podcast guests. Check out these tips to ease your transition to the civilian sector. Find show notes and additional links at: https://clearedjobs.net/best-of-military-transition-advice/ _ This show is brought to you by ClearedJobs. Net.  Have feedback or ques...

DJ Brown is the President and Co-Founder of DataHaven Solutions, a Maryland-based IT firm that is about more than “butts in seats.” They have hybrid remote positions available, actually ask for feedback in their interviews, and believe that you can build a career and progress both professionally and financially with the same company.  “We're building this company for people. We want to build...

Dee Brown is the Talent Acquisition Lead with CNA, a non-profit research group in Northern Virginia. They hire for many research-related positions including Data Analysts, Research Analysts and Data Scientists. CNA can clear all their roles, many of which are hybrid remote. Learn who thrives at CNA and follow Dee’s advice on building accomplishment statements on your resume using her A+B=C formula...

Recorded live at a recent Cleared Job Fair, this recruiter roundtable discussion features Robin Wallace with IBM, Ray Ryan with General Dynamics Electric Boat, and Sarah Knapp with TechFlow. Moderated by veteran and former recruiter, Bob Wheeler, the panel talks about the best way to follow-up with recruiters, provides some interesting resume tips, whether cover letters matter, and more.  “You see...

Madelyn Spence is a Sr Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, one of the company’s four business sectors. Many of their roles are a good fit for transitioning military, plus they participate in the SkillBridge program. Meet Madelyn and learn why she is your ally in the cleared job search process.  “I’ll give you my honest answer. I don't try to co...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has 1,100 security-cleared job openings so opportunity abounds. Plus, 90% of the cleared individuals recommended by the Military Relations team get an interview with a hiring manager. Find out about more of M&D’s opportunities and their programs supporting veterans in this discussion with Tony Gilbert, Program Manager of Military and Veteran Recruitment with Ray...

This special security-clearance-focused episode features Tony Kuhn, Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, discussing a recently settled student loan class action lawsuit, Sweet v. Cardona , plus continuous evaluation and how social media is starting to come into the security clearance evaluation picture. Be wary of associating with groups that are considered to be anti-government. Find show note...

OBXtek has remote opportunities and works with the Air Force -- among other government customers -- with cleared jobs available in a wide variety of geographies. Hear about OBXtek’s employee resource groups, how to make a good impression at a job fair, and why you don’t want your resume to be word salad, all from Molly O’Boyle, Project Manager with Talent Acquisition Operations. “I was talking wit...

Core4ce really listens to their employees -- find out how from Jess Mathias, Director of Talent Acquisition. They also have a number of cleared remote and hybrid remote opportunities. Plus learn why you should talk to every company exhibiting at a job fair.  “People who are going to thrive at Core4ce are the ones who are team players, the ones who are willing to go above and beyond. The ones who,...

This special Bonus Episode of our podcast gives you our top 10 list of things you must do to write a cleared resume that sells you. Follow these quick tips to be sure that you’re putting your best foot forward. Find show notes and additional links at: https://clearedjobs.net/how-to-write-your-most-effective-cleared-resume-bonus-episode/ _ This show is brought to you by ClearedJobs. Net.  Have feed...

Learn about the 300+ cleared jobs available at Jacobs from Darrell Eplee, the Senior Talent Acquisition Manager in the Cyber & Intelligence Business Unit. Darrell shares how Jacobs is different from a typical defense contractor with a focus on their culture of caring, where employees are not stats or numbers. You’ll also learn how calling interviews “discussions” turns down the heat, plus one...

Mike “Gio” Giovanetti is the Talent Acquisition and Retention Director for Fairfax, Virginia based Axiologic Solutions. Gio has a keen focus on employee retention and working to keep cleared talent. Much of Axiologic Solutions’ work is intel community focused in the DC metro area, and they can upgrade TS/SCI folks to CI polygraphs. “Axiologic Solutions is small enough to where part of my plan with...

Dr. Jim Rebesco is the CEO of Striveworks, an Austin, Texas defense contractor that truly straddles the line between cool startup culture and defense contractor. Find out the influence that both Luke Skywalker’s prosthetic hand and Teddy Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech have had on the company. Plus, why we should always start by giving people the benefit of the doubt. “When you work in a sta...

Stephanie Lovett is a Talent Acquisition Specialist / Strategic Recruiting Lead with Leidos in Reston, VA. Leidos offers endless cleared opportunities and the comfort of stability for your cleared career. Learn how many jobs is too many when applying for more than one opening, their greatest hiring needs and how to make your resume stand out from the crowd. “We're constantly replenishing our...

After 20 years as an Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, Elsa Lee founded Advantage SCI. Learn what little Elsa can share about some of their “high adrenaline” job openings, emerging requirements and surge requests, plus why Elsa should not be your travel agent. “We have core values: integrity, trustworthiness and respect. But over the years people will add their own words. And this is the rea...

Mark Michalski was employee number six at St. Michael’s and worked his way up to VP of Client Experience, spending time both on contract as well as at HQ. Hear the advantages of working for an employee-owned company, and why St. Michael’s took that path. Learn just what Mark is talking about when he references, “In the absence of information, people make stuff up." “We are employee-owned. We...

Taryn Lazroff is a Lead Intelligence Recruiter with Noblis, a non-profit that prides itself on hiring for the company, not the contract. Learn about their Talent Mobility program that focuses on retaining their employees, their $5k external referral program, remote opportunities, and Taryn’s learning curve with military lingo. “If you feel yourself getting burnt out, if you feel yourself getting t...

This special Bonus Episode of our podcast shares our top tips for you to excel in your next video interview. This show is packed with helpful details so you make a great first impression and keep the focus on your accomplishments. For all the links in this episode’s show notes, visit: https://clearedjobs.net/how-to-excel-in-a-virtual-interview-bonus-episode/   _ This show is brought to you by Clea...

Jada Fowler is a Technical Recruiter with DTSI, who started her career with a degree and work experience in IT, which gives her an inside track when hiring technical talent. Learn how DTSI focuses on emerging and relevant tech to compete, their employee referral success, how the company determines salary, and why transitioning military feel at home. “A lot of candidates aren’t actually sure what t...

This special security-clearance-focused episode features Anthony Kuhn, Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, covering the importance of responding in writing and self-reporting in the age of continuous evaluation. Your security clearance and drugs, financial troubles, one-night stands with Russians, Ukraine….all this and more! For all the links in this episode’s show notes, visit: https://cleare...

Kate Copley is Manager of Talent Acquisition at Odyssey Systems Consulting Group. Odyssey has a diverse portfolio of positions available at 53 sites across the globe. Learn why you need to develop and maintain relationships with recruiters, and participate in virtual events.  “If you have experience in the DoD, and especially for Odyssey, it's Air Force. If you have experience in that realm,...

Shannon Donovan is a Partner with BDO Public Sector. They are a growing, newer practice inside a much larger, long-established organization. That means opportunities for making your mark abound. Though BDO Public Sector is known primarily as an accounting and financial management firm, there are many other opportunities available. There is a real focus on hiring for the firm, not just for a contra...

IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER: Jen Riemenschneider is the Talent Acquisition Director for the SAIC Space Business Unit. Learn about the efforts SAIC has made to better meet the needs of their employees, who will thrive in the Space BU, the cool NASA Goddard robots and why you should be open minded and persistent in your cleared job search. “We've increased our family leave to 240 hours to allow a...

Amy Rau is the Director of Recruiting for Shield Consulting Solutions. Honesty is her main policy, and Shield works hard to be the best subcontractor they can be. Learn how labor categories drive compensation and hiring for the Maryland customer. “Oftentimes, the labor category that the job is put in, has very little to do with what the actual job is. So it's a tap dance of also digging deep...

Kitty Maves is a Technical Recruiter and Talent Management Leader with GeoLogics. Kitty recruits for space among other areas. She wants you to know how working for a subcontractor may be a better fit for you, how everyone can benefit from viewing Executive Presence, and her remote positions go really quickly.  “Effective communication is a class you can take every year and learn something new. I a...