# Multiple Employment Terminations Are a Problem – So is Lying About Them **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [December 19, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/multiple-employment-terminations-are-a-problem-so-is-lying-about-them/9506 "2019-12-19T19:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/multiple-employment-terminations-are-a-problem-so-is-lying-about-them/9506/1 "2019-12-19T19:15:18Z")
Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/multiple-employment-terminations-are-a-problem-so-is-lying-about-them/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/multiple-employment-terminations-are-a-problem-so-is-lying-about-them/) Strength of character, trustworthiness, reliability, honesty, and sound judgement are the traits and characteristics employers want from their workers. The same goes for determining whether to grant someone access to classified national security information. So how does your behavior at work relate to whether you are granted a security clearance? There are specific questions on… ---
**Author:** ![MargotTenenbaum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MargotTenenbaum](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/MargotTenenbaum)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/multiple-employment-terminations-are-a-problem-so-is-lying-about-them/9506/2 "2019-12-19T20:46:52Z")
If those terminations happened in the past its important to use them to your advantage. How have you grown? How have you changed? What did you learn from that experience? Denying it happened is a full-time job in itself.