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Lost Your Cleared Job – 5 Steps to Career Change
When faced with a job loss many job seekers feel mixed emotions. On one hand, they fear the loss of their position and income. On the other, if it were a job they disliked, or even hated, they feel relief at being let go and not having to go back to that place of employment one m… more
One of the Biggest Mistakes Job Seekers Make on ClearedJobs.Net
With the relaunch of our web site we’ve reviewed hundreds and hundreds of Job Seeker Job Agents. Probably 90% of them are ineffective. Job Agents are saved searches you create that send you an email each day when positions that meet your search criteria are newly posted to C… more
10 Job Seeker Questions
Thinking of beginning a job search? It can be overwhelming, It seems like there are so many possibilities to pursue, and sources for jobs to check into. Where do you start? What should you focus on? What do you spend your time on? You can do lots of things. How do you … more
Continuous Evaluation Rollout Must Be Fast-Tracked after OPM Data Breach, Clearance Holders Must Address Problems Faster
Even before hackers, presumably from China, stole from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sensitive personal information for millions of current and former federal employees and contractors, the government had been pushing to more frequently put security clearance holders u… more
4 Reasons SOF Professionals Should Prepare Now for Transition
If you are in the military, regardless of your time in service, you should be thinking of your next career…like yesterday. Many Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, particularly in Special Operations Forces (SOF), fill highly technical roles, have gone through various screen… more