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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
The Exact Reporting Threshold for a Foreign Contact Under SEAD 3
Security Executive Agent Directive 3 runs eleven pages. Not one of them gives you a deadline for reporting a foreign contact. The "five business days" figure on nearly every clearance blog is real, but it attaches to travel itinerary deviations, not to people. If you have been co… more
Northrop Grumman Application Status: What Each Stage in the ATS Actually Means
The careers portal at jobs.northropgrumman.com does not run on Workday. It runs on Eightfold AI, the same talent platform behind Northrop Grumman's internal opportunity hub at ngc.eightfold.ai. That one detail rewrites how you should read the status line staring back at you after… more
Debriefed, Inactive, Current, Active: The Four Clearance Words Employers Screen On
Access to classified information requires three conditions to be true at the same moment: a valid need-to-know, a favorable eligibility determination at the right level, and a signed non-disclosure agreement. Under 32 CFR 117.10, missing any one of the three means you do not have… more
Does Your Security Clearance Expire When You Leave the Military?
The day you out-process, a security officer updates a single field in the Defense Information System for Security and your access to classified information ends. Your eligibility does not. DoD Manual 5200.02 states that the validity of national security eligibility is "not limite… more