Taryn Lazroff is a Lead Intelligence Recruiter with Noblis, a non-profit that prides itself on hiring for the company, not the contract. Learn about their Talent Mobility program that focuses on retaining their employees, their $5k external referral program, remote opportunities, and Taryn’s learning curve with military lingo. “If you feel yourself getting burnt out, if you feel yourself getting to a point where you're ready for something else, and you don't think you can get it in your current ...
Jul 13, 2022•25 min
This special Bonus Episode of our podcast shares our top tips for you to excel in your next video interview. This show is packed with helpful details so you make a great first impression and keep the focus on your accomplishments. For all the links in this episode’s show notes, visit: https://clearedjobs.net/how-to-excel-in-a-virtual-interview-bonus-episode/ _ This show is brought to you by ClearedJobs.Net. Have feedback or questions for us? Email us at rriggins@clearedjobs.net . Sign up for our...
Jul 06, 2022•13 min
Jada Fowler is a Technical Recruiter with DTSI, who started her career with a degree and work experience in IT, which gives her an inside track when hiring technical talent. Learn how DTSI focuses on emerging and relevant tech to compete, their employee referral success, how the company determines salary, and why transitioning military feel at home. “A lot of candidates aren’t actually sure what their clearance level is, where they stand. I’d say if there is ever a question, or if you’re not sur...
Jun 29, 2022•26 min
This special security-clearance-focused episode features Anthony Kuhn, Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, covering the importance of responding in writing and self-reporting in the age of continuous evaluation. Your security clearance and drugs, financial troubles, one-night stands with Russians, Ukraine….all this and more! For all the links in this episode’s show notes, visit: https://clearedjobs.net/security-clearances-self-reporting-sex-drugs-and-financial-woes/ _ This show is brought to...
Jun 22, 2022•31 min
Kate Copley is Manager of Talent Acquisition at Odyssey Systems Consulting Group. Odyssey has a diverse portfolio of positions available at 53 sites across the globe. Learn why you need to develop and maintain relationships with recruiters, and participate in virtual events. “If you have experience in the DoD, and especially for Odyssey, it's Air Force. If you have experience in that realm, where you understand the lingo, you have acquisition experience, you understand contracts, you know how th...
Jun 15, 2022•21 min
Shannon Donovan is a Partner with BDO Public Sector. They are a growing, newer practice inside a much larger, long-established organization. That means opportunities for making your mark abound. Though BDO Public Sector is known primarily as an accounting and financial management firm, there are many other opportunities available. There is a real focus on hiring for the firm, not just for a contract. Plus, the importance of communicating your impact on your resume. “We're not about hiring people...
Jun 08, 2022•20 min
IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER: Jen Riemenschneider is the Talent Acquisition Director for the SAIC Space Business Unit. Learn about the efforts SAIC has made to better meet the needs of their employees, who will thrive in the Space BU, the cool NASA Goddard robots and why you should be open minded and persistent in your cleared job search. “We've increased our family leave to 240 hours to allow a longer period to use this leave for up to 12 months to support parents and multi-generational families. W...
Jun 01, 2022•22 min
Amy Rau is the Director of Recruiting for Shield Consulting Solutions. Honesty is her main policy, and Shield works hard to be the best subcontractor they can be. Learn how labor categories drive compensation and hiring for the Maryland customer. “Oftentimes, the labor category that the job is put in, has very little to do with what the actual job is. So it's a tap dance of also digging deep with the candidates, saying things differently of what they’ve done, so that it can meet a labor category...
May 25, 2022•24 min
Kitty Maves is a Technical Recruiter and Talent Management Leader with GeoLogics. Kitty recruits for space among other areas. She wants you to know how working for a subcontractor may be a better fit for you, how everyone can benefit from viewing Executive Presence, and her remote positions go really quickly. “Effective communication is a class you can take every year and learn something new. I always recommend Executive Presence. I think that's a wonderful class. A lot of times people don't rec...
May 18, 2022•21 min
Joshua is a 20+ year Navy veteran and the Director of HR at LSINC, where recruiting is just one of his responsibilities. Learn why you should ask if the contract you’re considering has an escalation clause, advantages of working for a smaller company, and how to use certain positions as stepping stones in your career. “I thought for whatever reason, I was gonna step out of a uniform, and step into something that was just phenomenal. None of that happened. Have a plan, be ready. What do you want ...
May 11, 2022•26 min
Meg Duba is a Talent Acquisition professional with Idaho National Laboratory. Learn more about the Lab, their culture, how they can build a career path for you, and how they take care of their own. Meg thinks it’s easy to convince cleared professionals to move to Idaho Falls. Find out how. “When I started with the lab four years ago, my relocation package was $60,000. And that's six zero, not one, six. Since then, they somehow decided that $60,000 just wasn't enough money to relocate a person. S...
May 04, 2022•28 min
Bill Branstetter is the Director of Recruiting at 9th Way Insignia, and author of The Six Second Resume. He wants to list salary ranges on all job postings(!), talks about juggling contingent offers, and explains how you may be getting a functional pay cut this year. If you’re a recruiter, Bill may want to hire you. “There's something about talking about the number of end users you are supporting or the number of servers you are responsible for, or the size of the budget that you may have. And t...
Apr 27, 2022•31 min
Mike Barnum is a Senior Recruiter at Raytheon Technologies. Listen to his real-world examples of a salary negotiation win and a salary negotiation fail. Plus building a career at Raytheon Technologies, good interview prep, light sabers and more. “I'm very upfront about salary -- I don't go back and forth. We win when everyone is transparent. The more transparency, the better. Look at where you need to be. And if we can do it, we'll find a way to.” For all the links in this episode’s show notes, ...
Apr 20, 2022•27 min
Kirsten Renner is the head of recruiting for the National Security Portfolio at AFS. Kirsten shares why AFS employees just don’t leave the organization, some of their hiring needs and locations, how the company supports building a career internally, her Army family, the success she’s had with the SkillBridge program and more. “Everyone I meet at AFS I ask, ‘How'd you get here, and why are you still here?’ And I find out they've all been here 10, 15, 20 year. Then I thought to myself, ‘What's in ...
Apr 13, 2022•28 min
Kathleen Smith and Rachel Bozeman talk about why we’re creating the Security Cleared Jobs: Who’s Hiring & How podcast and why you should listen. For all the links in this episode’s show notes, visit: https://clearedjobs.net/why-a-security-cleared-jobs-podcast If you want to be a podcast guest, please contact rriggins@clearedjobs.net . _ This show is brought to you by ClearedJobs.Net. Have feedback or questions for us? Email us at rriggins@clearedjobs.net . Sign up for our cleared job seeker ...
Apr 06, 2022•4 min
