In category: Recruiting
SCA Wage Determinations: The Floor Under Every Cleared Support Contract Salary
On Revision 37 of wage determination 2015-4281, the line for Computer Systems Analyst II carries no wage. In its place the schedule prints "(see 1)" and routes you to a footnote. The same blank runs across Computer Programmer I-IV and Computer Systems Analyst I-III. What the sche… more
OCI Under FAR 9.5: The Rule That Can Disqualify the Cleared Candidate You Just Offered
Search the full text of FAR subpart 9.5 for the word "hire." It is not there. Neither is "employee," "employ," "hiring," "recruit" nor "staff," anywhere in its roughly 3,000 words, checked against acquisition.gov on July 21, 2026. All nine worked examples describe companies suppl… more
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