Staffing cleared professionals for overseas federal contract assignments, OCONUS programs sits at the most challenging intersection of government contracting complexity. You need cleared candidates. You need candidates with the personal readiness and professional...
The vast majority of government contractor staffing happens right here, within the Continental United States (CONUS). But 'domestic' doesn't mean 'easy.' CONUS cleared staffing carries its own set of structural challenges: geographic talent concentration, highly...
Ask most government contractors whether an L clearance is the same as a Secret clearance, and you'll get a hesitant "basically, yes." That answer is close enough to be dangerous. The L clearance and the DoD Secret clearance are functionally equivalent in access level,...
Q clearance roles are among the most misunderstood hiring challenges in federal contracting. Contractors coming from a DoD background assume that a Q clearance is simply the DOE equivalent of a Top Secret, and that sourcing follows the same logic. It doesn't. The Q...
Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) requirements sit at a critical inflection point in cleared staffing difficulty. Above the standard TS/SCI threshold but below Full-Scope Polygraph, CI poly roles affect a wide range of defense and intelligence programs,...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contracts demand one of the most technically elite workforces in all of federal contracting. Whether you're supporting launch vehicle development, ground systems operations, scientific research, or cybersecurity for...
Staffing a Department of State (DOS) contract is challenging enough domestically. Add an overseas assignment requirement, OCONUS and you've introduced a layer of complexity that eliminates most of your candidate pool before the first phone screen. Cleared...
Security clearances dominate the conversation in government contracting circles, but the majority of federal contractor positions don't require a security clearance at all. They require something different: a Public Trust suitability determination. And yet, for many...
Government contractors invest significantly in their HR and talent acquisition functions and then watch those teams struggle, month after month, to fill TS/SCI roles on schedule. This isn't a reflection of HR capability in general. It's a reflection of the specific,...
