Hi everyone,
Currently going through the clearance process. I don’t have any reason to believe I’ll be denied, but everything I’ve seen so far tells me you can never be too confident.
For those who have been denied, what did you do after your clearance was denied/revoked? Any advice for other applications you should be sending out in the meantime?
For any investigators out there, any advice for what anyone can do during the process besides ‘Just be patient and honest’? Would collecting personnel files from previous jobs be viewed as helpful? Should I tell my references they may be contacted or will that be viewed as tainting them?
BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE - trust me; investigators can and will find out either via records or someone talking about it.
Its also best if you , for example, had drug use and the investigator needs 2 people who know/knew about it, and the investigator interviews them, that they know its OKAY to tell the investigator ; your friends/family lying for you just hurts you especially if you told the investigator they KNOW about it and they get interviewed and say “oh they’ve never used drugs”
You collecting information for the investigator doesn’t help - the investigator still has to go pull the records themselves - the things that are helpful are providing financial documentation of bills you’ve paid off and your credit report and what it looks like currently.
you can definitely and should definitely tell your references they are listed.
remember the adjudicator looks at the WHOLE PERSON and not just isolated incidents
Honesty, even revealing bumps in the road speak to integrity. I would inform previous jobs they may contact, you gave permission, and they will have the release forms. Be up front about any write-ups. They happen, arent necessarily 100%accurate, but best you tell them up front about performance or counseling.
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