Security Clearance, “In Many Cases It’s Better Than Having an MBA”

CAREER HACK: If you are in an area where Security Clearance positions are in demand consider applying for these positions and gaining clearance. If you are able to receive Security Clearance it can boost your salary by 25% on average while providing stronger job security.

Would getting a security clearance be better than getting an MBA degree? The Associated Press in their article “Security Clearance a Valued Resume Credential” discusses the advantages of having this clearance which is in high demand. Here are some highlights from the article:

• “Job candidates with security clearances are hotter-than-ever commodities in the Washington area and elsewhere, due to higher demand, tighter security requirements and a wave of baby-boomer retirements”
• “If a soldier has good skill sets in the IT arena, he’ll have a job offer in five minutes”
• “We see people hoping to retire, and their employers are pleading with them to stay. They say, ‘We’ll pay you another 30 grand to stay on board.”‘
• “Estimates are that there are 100,000 unfilled security-clearance jobs, many of them in the Washington area, the largest market for such positions.”
• “Those with security clearances earn an average 25 percent more than similarly skilled workers who lack them. That gap has been widening, too.”
• “It’s in many cases better than having an MBA.”

Security Clearance a Valued Resume Credential. [Associated Press]

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Career Hacker * http://www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * http://www.billinman.com