John Oliver wrote:
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 07:42:46PM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote:
I'm just bitter because they would never hire me for even the lowest
position available (just because I no longer have a Secret clearance....now
why would a company with only some minor government contracts require a
Secret or Top Secret (or higher) clearance I wonder?) :o
If the government says "Everyone who works on this project must have
this level of clearance", how would that be SAICs fault?
I really doubt SAIC chooses to have a given clearance level just because
it would be cool to have a room full of people with that clearance :-)
FWIW, I was a little bitter about the jobs I could never get because
they required a clearance, but they won't get anyone a clearance... you
either already have it, or you walk. But oh well... life goes on.
How many smileys should I have placed in my post? One for the sarcasm :D,
one for rhetorical question :D, and one just in case the first two were missed?
:D
BTW, I'd never had a clearance before my first government job, but that didn't
stop them from hiring me. Companies can hire people without clearances for jobs
that require one, they just have to make sure they have an escort until their
clearance is cleared ;). Anyway, there's many, many qualified people that can
get a clearance, but don't have one. Companies would rather hire the less
qualified people that have a clearance, that hire the qualified ones and apply
for a clearance. This is along the lines of hiring people just out of school,
for cheap, with no experience, just because they have a degree (and because
they are cheap).
PGA
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