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Subject:Re: Question about security clearance From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:"John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:13:50 -0600
John,
That is a Top Secret clearance. Basically, if you don't have a job
that you got that clearance on, and still have it active, you are
pretty much out of luck in getting one before you get the job. It's a
matter of need to know. TS clearances aren't given out because you
are trying to get a job. They are given out when you have a
documented need on a job.
So if you don't have one already, you can't get one without already
having the job. If the job requirement states you have to have one
already I don't think you will be getting that job.
It takes around 3 to 6 months to get a TS clearance.
Scott
At 10:01 AM -0500 12/18/08, John Posada wrote:
>Hi, guys...when a job requirement calls for Minimum Security Clearance
>Requirement: Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI), is this
>something you already have and bring with you to a position or is it
>something you must get once you have the position?
>
>--
>John Posada
>Senior Technical Writer
>NYMetro STC President
>
>Looking for the next gig.
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