Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances

["J. Ressler" <jressler -at- ewa-denver -dot- com>]

Multiple people have used the word "fair" while discussing this job 
requirement.

Doesn't that, by its mere nature defeat the whole argument?

Compare the clearance requirement to the requirement for a college degree.

I HATE job descriptions that require a college degree...just because I 
don't have one doesn't mean I can't do the work. I don't go bellyaching 
about it though. Odds are, an employer that lists it as a requirement 
and is not willing to bend is probably not an employer I want to work 
for anyway. Far too narrow minded for me.

My clearance just went into limbo because it was not updated by the DoD 
within 5 years. It is still there, it just needs reactivated. It will 
take longer to reactivate (the pile is bigger) than to get a new one. 
Even though I had a TS before, my current company chose to initiate a 
SECRET clearance rather than try to downgrade the old one. It's a paper 
shuffle, you just have to know how to play it.

Sorry you don't have a clearance, you just have to wait your turn and 
wait for the opportunity to obtain one. It's life.

justin