In category: Recruiting
CMMC Assessor Jobs: The New Cleared Role, What It Pays, and How to Qualify
On 13 July 2026 the Department of War suspended the CMMC Phase II requirements due to take effect on 10 November 2026. Phase II would have made a third-party certification assessment a condition of contract award, and it was the entire commercial case for the CMMC Certified Asses… more
Labor Category Mapping: Why Your Cleared Req Cannot Pay What the Market Is Asking
Key takeaways On GSA contract 47QSMS26D0052, awarded 18 May 2026, a clearance-flagged Intelligence Research Analyst category gated at a bachelor's plus 8 years carries a year-one ceiling bill rate of $46.51 an hour. Another clearance-flagged category, Intelligence Research Spec… more
SF-86 Section 23: Disclosing Past Drug Use (and What Actually Happens If You Do Not)
Section 23 of the SF-86 is not one question with a seven-year window. It is seven questions, four of which turn on the word EVER, capitalised on the form. Most write-ups quote 23.1's seven-year line and stop.Key takeawaysSection 23 (SF-86, Rev. November 2016) holds seven question… more
SF-86 Section 21: Answering the Mental Health Questions Without Damaging Your Clearance
Key takeaways The SF-86 in use today is the November 2016 revision. Section 21 is five questions, and none asks whether you have seen a mental health professional. Question 21D names seven diagnoses. Depression, anxiety and PTSD are not among them. Over roughly 2012 through 202… more
Bill Rate vs. Pay Rate: Why Your Recruiter Cannot Go Higher
A price list on GSA Advantage bills a Network Security Engineer at $105.39 an hour and a Senior Network Security Engineer at $132.76. Real awarded prices, contract GS-35F-527AA. Neither is anybody's salary. What separates a published rate from your offer letter is mostly not nego… more