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10 Most Popular ClearedJobs.Net Stories of 2014
Security clearance experts Greg Rinckey and Nicole Smith of Tully Rinckey PLLC wrote many of our most popular articles of 2014. In fact seven of our ten most-read articles in 2014 related to security clearances and, overwhelmingly, what to do if you run into issues with alcohol, … more
Most Viewed Companies and Cleared Jobs of 2014
Everyone does Top 10 lists. In our bid to take the road slightly less traveled, we bring you our Top 7 lists for 2014, based on cleared job seeker activity on ClearedJobs.Net. 7 Most Viewed Cleared Facilities Employers These are the seven company profiles that cleared job see… more
DoD Contracts: FN Manufacturing, LLC Awarded $84M for M240 Machine Guns
ARMY FN Manufacturing, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded an $84,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract for fabrication and delivery of M240 machine guns and spare receivers. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of … more
How to Handle Employment Gaps
Once upon a time, the main employment gaps were among mothers returning to the work force. But now, such gaps are fairly common. More men are taking on family care, middle career people and retiring military are taking sabbaticals, it's not as easy to roll from one contract to an… more
The First Question in an Interview
Tell me about yourself. And so the interview begins. The interviewer asks this ice breaker question as much to start a conversation as to actually learn about the job seeker sitting in front of him or her. The question: "So why don’t you tell me about yourself?” is gene… more