Re: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances

["Guy McDonald" <gmcdonald -at- mcdts -dot- com>]

>the exclusion of people like me from the pool of
>people who can be hired surely is negatively affecting the already high unemployment
rate.

I suppose so Bonnie ... but most Government tech writing jobs are not worth
applying for unless you are desperate for work.

In my former life as a nuclear power dude on US submarines ... I held a Secret
clearance. Like you, I see an extraordinary number of jobs posted on job boards
like Dice that require a Q level security clearance. Even with my past high
security clearance, it is my understanding that I cannot obtain a Q clearance
on my own. I have to be sponsored by a government agency or contractor just
like you would. Does this make sense? After all, I was entrusted with national
security assets for years. Of course it does not make sense ... it is the government
and another example of our tax dollars in motion.

Unfortunately most of the Q-clearance jobs I have seen offer salaries below
market rates. These jobs are often constrained to some God forsaken location
like Los Alamos, New Mexico where you write about subject matter that makes
a Metamucil breakfast look exciting.

Guy (who awaits the CIA to contact him for his next gig) 
Guy McDonald
gmcdonald -at- mcdts -dot- com
281-728-5454