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Subject:Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:40:07 -0400
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From: "Jan Cohen" <familyforever -at- mindspring -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: August 13, 2003 03:13 PM
Subject: Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances
>
> You know, if I were a prospective employer screening this list for potential
> employees, I'd have little trouble weeding out some of the chaff.
Not-so-veiled personal attacks on me will be complained about to Eric in the
future. I responded to this poster privately and said something other than
what I am saying now.
From my
> perspective, nobody owes anyone anything, and the concept of fair when
> applied to a particular requirement an employer might have to fill their
> needs somehow doesn't enter the picture. You're either qualified, or you
> get qualified. If it's something you want to do and can get qualified at,
> you pursue what you have to in order to fill the requirements. If it's
> something that's out of your reach for whatever reasons, you focus on
> something else, doing what you have to, until you find something you like.
>
A security clearance is not like a college degree that you can go out and get.
If you think it is, you are mistaken.
