Why do so many employers ask if I have seurity clearence?, and how can I get it if Im not in the millitary?

Answer 1

Because you proboly need one for the job... government/Defense contracts or otherwise...

If you already have one it saves the company between 100,000$ and 200,000$ and about 8 months of time... which makes you a mroe desirable employ.

You get one by getting a company to pay for it, and by not lieing.... or by joining the military and not lieing.

Answer 2

If you're not in the military and not working for a government contractor then why would you need a security clearance? The answer is this. Even if you are in the military and you have a Top Secret security clearance, you won't necessarily have ACCESS to Top Secret information unless you have the NEED TO KNOW. I possessed a Top Secret - CNWDI clearance in the U.S. Navy for nearly 20 years and only saw Top Secret material twice my entire career because the rest of the time I didn;t have the need to know.

Answer 3

Work for a company that is funded or deals with the government. example..Bell, Lockhead etc.. My father worked for GAO(Gernal Accounting Office) and he had pentagon clearance working with the military in the patriot missiles testing in AL and traveling to Europe and the Middle East studying Anti-terrorism techniques of other countries such as Egypt, Germany, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. He had a GS grade over 20 I think. It has changed recently though I think. Heard a lot of cool things and saw bomb guidance videos in Afghasnistan, but sucked when government officials came around questioning our neighbors about his character and habits, which made him a little strict on the kids. Good luck though, he work for the government his entire life, which is unheard of these days. He got to travel a lot which I think my mother still holds against him because she had to raise 4 kids in 5 years. The cool thing is that we lived in Hawaii for 6 years. Still love to travel there every year but the flight sucks from Atlanta. The government had great benefit back then such as not paying social security, which he now makes 65K a year retired with his pension. Could have made more in the private sector, but chose long term benefits in exchange. We didn;t live as well as my friends families did, but my parents are retirted now debt free in the mountains of Georgia with a horse farm. Good career if you can put up with the afirmative action and red tape these days. You could go to the military and become a military police, which might be able to grant you clerance to government buildings. Not sure, it;s hard to get in, especially the US Marshal Service without MP or Local Law enforcement experience. If you score well enough, you might sweak in based on test score.( you might have to score in the top 5 percentile)