From: Jonathan V Hays (jhays@jtan.com)
Date: Sun Jun 08 2003 - 00:02:22 GMT-3
Here's a link to the groupstudy mailing list for the topics of jobs and
employment.
http://www.groupstudy.com/list/jobs.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> Behalf Of Stanford Wong
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:46 PM
> To: Bigelow, John; 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
> Subject: Re: Unfair Hiring
>
>
> It has nothing to do with being unfair, it all has to
> do with money and time.
>
> The money part comes in because it can cost a company
> upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, and if you
> don't get the clearance, the contractor still has to
> pay. It is sort of like companies hiring a CCIE, they
> can find a person that already has a CCIE or they can
> train one and hope that they will pass. Either way,
> they still have to pay the person, and when they don't
> pass, then they just lost a bunch of money.
>
> The other part has to do with time. Clearances can
> take as long as a year for the investigation to be
> completed. And at the end of the year, they still may
> not get cleared. Also, the customer (the government)
> is not going to let you in the building if you aren't
> cleared.
>
> Just treat it as just another qualification. If you
> don't have the qualification, then don't worry about
> and keep pushing on.
>
> Stanford
>
> --- "Bigelow, John" <John.Bigelow@bcbsfl.com> wrote:
> > This is off topic but....
> > Does anyone else find it unfair that government
> > contractors with
> > positions that require security clearances won't
> > hire you without one but
> > there is no way to obtain one without a current
> > position with a government
> > contractor.....Nice catch-22
> >
> > John B Bigelow CCIE #10565 MCSE
> > Network Analyst II
> > Enterprise Deployment
> > John.Bigelow@BCBSFL.com
> > x - 904-363-5401
> > NAS-161
> >
> >
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