"In FY 2019 there was a 4.2% increase in the number of security clearances, for a total number of 4.2 million individuals with eligibility to access classified information."[0]
This "they need people with clearences" talk is laughable. This is purely lobbying which every government contractor does. They also scooped up 4 former state CIOs. They are playing the game and quite well. This does need to be cleaned up. A company recently won a $500 million DOD contract and months later the women on the government side is now the company CEO.
That 4.2 million people included all the military and civilian contractors, unable to be hired because they are fulfilling their roles.
Additionally that 4.2 million includes all clearance levels. The higher the clearance, the more the available talent pool SHARPLY declines.
I have first hand info, AWS is DESPERATE for cleared individuals for various contracts. Unfortunately the recruiting has not synchronized their offers with this need, so you get a lot of low balling offers that most cleared people laugh at.
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"In FY 2019 there was a 4.2% increase in the number of security clearances, for a total number of 4.2 million individuals with eligibility to access classified information."[0]
This "they need people with clearences" talk is laughable. This is purely lobbying which every government contractor does. They also scooped up 4 former state CIOs. They are playing the game and quite well. This does need to be cleaned up. A company recently won a $500 million DOD contract and months later the women on the government side is now the company CEO.
[0] https://news.clearancejobs.com/2021/02/09/how-many-people-ha...
That 4.2 million people included all the military and civilian contractors, unable to be hired because they are fulfilling their roles. Additionally that 4.2 million includes all clearance levels. The higher the clearance, the more the available talent pool SHARPLY declines. I have first hand info, AWS is DESPERATE for cleared individuals for various contracts. Unfortunately the recruiting has not synchronized their offers with this need, so you get a lot of low balling offers that most cleared people laugh at.