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• Happy 237th Birthday U.S. Marine Corps

  As a Marine-owned company ClearedJobs.Net is honored to salute the U.S. Marine Corps on its 237th birthday, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Marine Corps Founding Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines on November 10, 1775, as directed by a resolut… more

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  What’s Happening in the DoD World of Security Clearance Processing

  Laura Hickman, Director of the Defense Security Service (DSS, aka the agency formerly known as DISCO) spoke at the recent annual meeting of the Chesapeake chapter of the National Classification Management Society, (NCMS aka the Society of Industrial Security Professionals). NC… more

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  Do You Meet the Requirements of the Jobs You Apply For

  You want a new job. You are searching every online site you can. You have job agents searching ClearedJobs.Net. You are just one reply away from a new job. Or are you? Say you see a job listing somewhere:  What exactly about the ad appeals to you? How does it match your go… more

• What is the Difference Between a Contingent vs. Current Billable Job Opening

  If you're a cleared job seeker you may have run into contingent vs. current billable job openings. What's the difference? The short answer is whether or not the position is currently funded or not. The definition of contingent in Webster’s Dictionary is likely but not certai… more

• Keys to a Successful Transition for Female Veterans

  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 female veterans surged to 19.9% in September, vs. 14.7% a year earlier and 12.1% in August. While the unemployment rate for veterans as a whole is now lower than the general public, that’s obvious… more