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Subject:Re: Outsourcing of Technical Writers Employment From:coliver -at- lexmark -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:18:36 -0400
Quoth Martin Bosworth:
>That's a very good point, but the downside is that it means more tech
>writers have to get or maintain clearances. That may not seem like a
>problem, but I am somewhat averse to having DSS or OPM snooping
>through my life, regardless of how squeaky-clean I may or may not be.
That raises another point. During my last round of job-hunting, it seemed
like about half of the positions out there were defense industry jobs that
required applicants to already hold a Secret or higher clearance. How
does a civilian who doesn't already have such a clearance receive one,
outside of taking an entry-level military or intelligence position and
working up? Or is this pretty much a closed system?
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