Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy McDonald" <gmcdonald -at- mcdts -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: August 13, 2003 08:46 AM
Subject: Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances


>
> >the exclusion of people like me from the pool of
> >people who can be hired surely is negatively affecting the already high
unemployment
> rate.
>
> I suppose so Bonnie ... but most Government tech writing jobs are not worth
> applying for unless you are desperate for work.
>

It's private companies I am talking about. And I *am* desperate for work.
Well, not *desperate* really, but I would like to have a permanent job.


> In my former life as a nuclear power dude on US submarines ... I held a
Secret
> clearance. Like you, I see an extraordinary number of jobs posted on job
boards
> like Dice that require a Q level security clearance. Even with my past high
> security clearance, it is my understanding that I cannot obtain a Q
clearance
> on my own. I have to be sponsored by a government agency or contractor just
> like you would. Does this make sense? After all, I was entrusted with
national
> security assets for years. Of course it does not make sense ... it is the
government
> and another example of our tax dollars in motion.
>
> Unfortunately most of the Q-clearance jobs I have seen offer salaries below
> market rates. These jobs are often constrained to some God forsaken location
> like Los Alamos, New Mexico where you write about subject matter that makes
> a Metamucil breakfast look exciting.
>

I'm talking about the scores of jobs advertised by private companies who do
work for the government.

Bonnie Granat
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