atw: Re: Security clearance closed shop
- From: <Debbie.Hope@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:03:45 +1100
G'day
There will probably be many responses to your post but - I will at least
start it up-------------
Anything around the Highly Protected rating COST big $$$$s. So if you =
work
for an organisation and get a Secret, Top Secret negative, Top Secret
positive higher (need to know, Delta etc), then that organisation has =
shelled
out a LOT of money.
The higher the clearance, the longer it actually takes to process - last =
I
was involved in it all, Top Secret was taking about 8 months to come =
through
and was costing WELL over the $2500 mark....=20
All sorts of government security agencies and interviews are involved in =
the
process (the higher level of the application the more agencies and =
interviews
are involved)
Somebody can probably advise on how long the clearances are valid for - =
but
again, that depends on the level and where - (for example, ATO, Customs,
Foreign Affairs and the big Daddy - Defence and their 'partners'.
Yep it is a PAIN if you haven't got one, but by golly if there is a lot =
of
work about in Canberra and you have a clearance - then you can be very
attractive contract-wise. As you said though there seems to be an =
assumption
that there is pool of high clearance TWs out there just waiting around =
to be
offered a job....
I personally don't believe the ads are fakes, but then again I think =
when the
agencies get wind of a big contract/tender about to be let then they =
madly
advertise hoping to attract a swag of candidates that they can 'claim' =
as
theirs and then they are ready to submit the tender response.
Cheers
Debbie
-----Original Message-----
From: Stevens, Garry [mailto:Garry.Stevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2003 1:39=20
To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: atw: Security clearance closed shop
Hi All:
I've recently seen several ads (or the same ad several times) for tw's =
with
current security clearance. I'm wondering about the mentality of the
employers behind these positions. Obviously, they restrict their =
potential
pool to the presumably small number of writers with such clearance, =
which
effectively creates a closed-shop.=20
The ads implicitly assume that there is a sufficient pool of unemployed
people in this closed shop to satisfy demand, since there is an =
implication
that clearance cannot be acquired in the same way that -- say -- my =
police
clearance was acquired before I started my last two jobs in the health =
and
welfare sectors: if you don't already have it, you can't get it.=20
Are these ads just fakes, placed because of whatever bureacratic
requirements, but designed to remove all except those who have already =
been
selected for the job?=20
Garry
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