In category: Recruiting
Becoming a Military-Friendly Cleared Employer: What Actually Signals It to a Transitioning Clearance Holder
Since February 2026, a separating staff sergeant with a TS/SCI can look up your company's own veteran-hiring numbers before she reads your careers page. The Department of Labor's portal at data.dol.gov carries filed VETS-4212 contractor reports, which had never been public. 38 U.… more
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Cleared Veteran Hiring: Where It Stands in 2026
Key takeaways Authority lapsed on January 1, 2026 for anyone who begins work after December 31, 2025, and was not restored as of July 21, 2026. The test is the hire date, not the pay date: wages paid in 2026 to a qualified veteran who started on or before December 31, 2025 are … more
Hiring an FSO: Salary Benchmark, Assistant FSOs, and When to Outsource the Role
The federal government has no occupational code for the job you are trying to price. An O*NET OnLine search for "facility security officer" returns 674 occupations by relevance, none carrying it as an occupation or alternate title. Created by regulation, staffed everywhere, measu… more
FOCI and the SF-328: What Foreign Ownership Does to Your Ability to Hire Cleared Staff
One sentence on the Standard Form 328 tells a defense contractor where it stands: your entity's eligibility determination, "e.g., a facility security clearance," cannot be decided if you do not complete and update the form. Nine questions sit above that line in the February 2026 … more
Where to Post Cleared Jobs: What Actually Reaches a Clearance Holder
Read 32 CFR 117.9(a)(9) before you write your next cleared job ad. A contractor, it says, "will not use its favorable entity eligibility determination for advertising or promotional purposes." Your facility clearance is not a credential you are permitted to market. The same provi… more