Anybody in the DC area and have DoD security clearance?

The company I work for has a number of positions available in the DC area and all but one of them require security clearance.

If you have at least Secret clearance (Top Secret is even better) and have some experience in IT get ahold of me and I may be able to help you out in your job search.

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SrSysAdmin

Northbr1dge wrote: »

If this was a year ago, I'd be a stoked!

Damn Army and their deployments

I was talking to our HR person today and was amazed at what she was saying. She was saying that due to the uncertain economy she was actually having DIFFICULTY finding employees because nobody is willing to take the risk of changing jobs.

Perhaps it is unique to the DC area but this came as a surprise to me. I see the logic in what was said but with so many people out of work I was shocked.

tpatt100

If I ever lose my job I already told the wife I would plan on moving to the DC/Virginia/Maryland area since all my experience is DOD type work. Only problem is I have a house....

dynamik

tpatt100 wrote: »

Only problem is I have a house....

Leave it with the wife

/jaded-divorcee

astorrs

dynamik wrote: »

Leave it with the wife

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOL thank you so much for that. I feel better already.

$jadedDivorcee.Add(1)

bellhead

Still wish I had my TS/SCI from the Navy, but that was 15 years ago.

jetdynamics

Speaking of having a wife and house..... Are you guys willing to relocate if you would have an offer from a company? Let say $10K difference annualy from your current pay...

networker050184

jetdynamics wrote: »

Speaking of having a wife and house..... Are you guys willing to relocate if you would have an offer from a company? Let say $10K difference annualy from your current pay...

A lot of factors come into play. Is the cost of living equal where the new offer is? $10k increase isn't very good if you are moving from a small town to a big city. Take other things into consideration like benefit costs into the equation also and you might end up losing money even though the pay is technically $10k more.

Forsaken_GA

And these days with the real estate market the way it is, whether or not you can get out from under your house is a big consideration. If you're at a break even point on what you owe, even if you can get an offer, by the time you're done paying closing and the other associated costs, you might have lost that $10k raise before you've even made it. And even if you do have equity, if you've got alot of houses in the area that are on the market as well, you may be stuck with the house for a bit. Carrying a mortgage on your old house along with a mortgage or rent in the new place is not fun.

About the only way it's a no brainer for me is if the company is willing to assume the mortgage, they're paying relocation, ans it's to a lower cost of living area along with the pay bump.

And to be perfectly honest, $10k is an awfully small number for me to consider uprooting my life. It'd also depend on the vibe I get from the company as well as how they handle their business. It would suck to jump through the hoops just to have the new job go away a year later, whether it be through the company going out of business, getting sold, getting downsized, or just finding out that I'm not compatible with the culture.

veritas_libertas

10k does seem like an awful small raise to move to D.C.

@Forsaken_GA: I see this is your 1,111 post.