Top Secret Security Clearance?

####. We’re all hiding something

 

Not that's important enough to lie or omit. If it is, don't seek a Security clearance of any kind.

 

Yes, bit even if you think it's embarrassing, no one else cares about your midget porn collection.

 

Financial stuff to start with .
If you have any unpaid child support , or repossessed cars or foreclosed mortgages or liens or judgements or lots of credit card bills that you just pay the
Minimum payment on , stuff like that.
If you can’t manage your personal money , that’s considered a security risk.

driving record, if you can’t obey the traffic laws ,
Usually it’s no DUIs in the last ten years , sometimes no DUIs ever .
Usually no reckless driving or street racing. Ever.
No more than two tickets in the last seven years and no tickets at all in the last three .

criminal history. If you’ve had any run ins with the law , ever been arrested etc , Probabaly not gonna get the clearance.

and , the biggie :
All this also applies to your parents , siblings, spouse and In laws if you’re married or ex’es if you’re divorced . And children if you have any .

the apple usually doesn’t fall far from the tree . If any of your family or friends have had issues with the law , it’s going to be a consideration in your clearance .

they also usually talk to your neighbors , former co workers etc .

Finding dependable drivers is hard.

now imagine finding dependable drivers that are responsible with the personal finances , and have never been arrested, and don’t cheat on their taxes , (the background check usually includes a behind the scenes IRS audit ) don’t drive their personal car like an idiot . etc

and I’m sure there’s a check of
Your social media , do you post long hate filled rants on Twitter or Facebook or Reddit or Instagram or the truckers report or other sites ?


And there’s other variables too .
I know someone that’s never been arrested , or had a DUI, but they just split from wife number FIVE.
Not a good sign when you’re looking for stability and responsibility .


All this is a good thing though.
The barrier to entry in truck driving isn’t very high ,
There’s lots of convicted criminals , people With terrible driving records and terrible credit scores ,
And lots of immigrants .

A driving job requiring a security clearance means you’re
Not competing with all
Those drivers for the job .

the security clearance eliminates about 90% of the eligible drivers .
And just filling out the form eliminates 2 out of 3 applicants .
It’s a lot of forms to fill out ,
Last ten years employment history and residence address of all your family etc
Names, addresses , birthdates , SS numbers etc , of everyone .

it takes a couple three weeks just to get the information together and fill out the form. Then another 6 weeks to six months waiting , most drivers who CAN pass the clearance don’t want to fill out the forms and wait .
I’d estimate that maybe 1 out of 100 or 150 drivers would be willing to put the effort into it and pass .

 

2 words, drug test. I live in a state that has legal weed, and I'm flabbergasted that employers can't find workers but still want a drug test. I even wrote Walmart, who do they think is going to do those mundane jobs? With more states jumping on the band wagon, I think( hope) the drug test shenanigans has run it's course, burnouts don't want to drive trucks anymore, and you guys are just making those clinics rich. I don't advocate drug use in trucks today, even though, we never killed anyone, but something needs to be done. Lost a lot of great drivers, the industry never recovered from. With mega pileups and semis going down pedestrian bridges,, that we never saw, is it really any safer today?

 

That's probably what would get me. Both of my ex-wives were horrible with money.

 

From my time in the military and recruiting for the Army, bad credit is the number one disqualifier. Repo? Done. Bankruptcy? Done. Foreclosure? Done. Excessive Credit Card debt? Done.

I had a Secret Clearance that was suspended when I retired (It only had a couple more valid years on it anyway). Had I kept it, I would have lost it when I divorced due to my ex-wife's actions trying to ruin me financially.

 

Yea it sucks that we can’t smoke weed but hey, more money for us who can restrain ourselves

 

D.U.I.'s, Check.
Jails (NOT Prisons), Check.
Bad Credit, Check.
College Courses Dropped Out, Check.
Multiple Employers over 20+ Years Trucking, Check.
Haz Mat, Check (expired in '12).
Class A, Check, reduced to Class C in '21.
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Top "Secret Security" Clearance Means You'll Be Constantly Surveilled/Monitored, in MY Opinion, from some "conversations" with Drivers Having Claimed Doing Such Activities, Nationwide. (maybe their experiences were hallucinations!)

I KNOW I Don't Know What I Don't Know & Some Of What I Think I Know, or Knew, I'll NEVER Know All.
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Safe & Pleasant Journeys To Thee & Thy Loved Ones!!

CHEERS!!

 

General Dynamics posts TS driver positions. Could be a lot of hoops to go through for not much better pay and a 6mo to 18mo hiring process. They are probably looking for Vets willing to obtain a CDL or already process one. From my personal experience, a job that requires a TS, has a lot of legal issues you open yourself up to that can make it completely not worth it.