A tidal wave of security clearance requests is looming. 

From multiple compass points, there is a coming confluence of crises: an existing backlog of 280,000 security clearance applications, a new administration moving to fill positions throughout the government, the retirement of thousands of baby boomers with security clearances and the dwindling job pool of employees with science and engineering degrees - all of these factors and more will merge to form a perfect storm where security-cleared employee shortages will become endemic, and contractors, the military and NASA will suffer. And possibly, so too will national security and the ability of programs to stay on schedule. 

The Perfect Storm: How Security Clearance Delays, Baby Boomer Retirement and a Dwindling Job Pool Will Affect the Defense Industry - delves into these issues and gives an starting outline of what can be done to prepare this coming storm. 

This timely report is a must have for human resource executives, recruiters and government contractors to use when developing a hiring plan for today and the years to come. Use it as a learning tool to evaluate your future hiring plans and to determine how your organization will fair in as the hiring perfect storm emerges in the years to come.


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• Overview
• Massive Roadblock
  • Problem With a Long History
• Old People: A Problem Worsens as Boomers Age 
• Young People: A Turned-Off Generation
• Conclusion: Multiple Problems, Multiple Solutions

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