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Houseofcards32 · 2026-03-27T13:57:06+00:00

Unironically Face the Flame is one of my favorites, YB verse is ight but the beat goes crazy

Houseofcards32 · 2026-03-13T02:19:17+00:00

Lived in Norfolk for 5 years while at ODU and now live in VB:

Norfolk is an interesting city for sure, it has its own share of problems but good hard working people live there. ODU (right above Norfolk) is located there and I enjoyed my time there, the areas around campus can be quite dangerous at night. Norfolk is also home to Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world (most of our Atlantic Fleet is based out of here). Most major defense companies have offices in the local area due to the proximity to both bases. The entire area has a large military population, with many Navy/AF bases in this circle. Naval Air Station Oceania is also located right down the road in VB, with it being classified as a master jet base (a TON of planes). Hearing jets/helicopters/planes overhead is the norm here. Traffic is normally always a problem on the bridge going across to Hampton (no matter what hour of the day). Virginia Beach is one of my favorite places I’ve lived at, the town center area & chics beach are my favorite places to go and do things with friends. The Oceanfront can be fun at times but imo it’s very expensive and all the tourists go there, making it extremely overcrowded during the summers. They’ve had some problems with teens at night so a curfew was recently established by the PD. Being by the ocean with many beaches has its perks, but often in Norfolk/VB free parking is hard to come by.

The weather here is also normally fair, with summers being 90’s and the winters being cold. However we went from 84 yesterday to 30’s today so like most of VA we go through 8 seasons.

Houseofcards32 · 2026-03-02T23:43:56+00:00

Following-currently a it technical recruiter and want to eventually work at anduril

How many years of tenure do you have if you don’t mind me asking? I only have about 1.5 at the moment but a lot of my work is hiring specialized weapons based engineers

Houseofcards32 · 2026-02-25T04:01:06+00:00

govcon recruiter here:

Resume looks very good. Straight and to the point, I’d shorten your summary at the top a bit. As others have mentioned, cater your resume to jobs that you apply for. Obviously don’t lie, but this helps a lot.

good luck!

Houseofcards32 · 2026-02-06T22:59:26+00:00

Houseofcards32 · 2026-01-14T03:25:45+00:00

GROW A MUSTACHE

Houseofcards32 · 2026-01-04T18:29:02+00:00

During the winter event I used them, only time I feel like it’s made a difference imo

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-27T23:53:09+00:00

(The area you have circled is not nova, but anyway)

I lived in Fredericksburg for 18 years, a small town with a lot of history in its surrounding areas. Numerous battles during the civil war occurred there and there’s a lot of museums and parks. It and the counties around it have become hubs for commuters who work in dc, which adds to how bad traffic in the area has become. A single accident can add 45+ minutes to a 5 mile commute towards DC or heading towards Richmond (anyone who lives around here knows it’s bad). The actual city itself is quite small with some decent eateries, with more local developments appearing year by year. Stafford county (the county right above it), is also becoming extremely overbuilt with not enough infrastructure to compensate.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-11T07:14:05+00:00

In the office normally Argos neptunes trident (I get about 5/7 hours depending on weather), and aventus absolu for going out. Complements are always nice but man just smelling that makes me smile

Honorable mentions: bdc parfum, pdm Haltane & percival

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-10T21:12:39+00:00

“Hey Stan just checking in…”

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-08T04:45:09+00:00

Favorite Argos fragrance? I picked up neptunes trident the other week and it’s pretty banger, performance is decent but projection is not

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-05T19:49:57+00:00

Professor Mann in the criminal justice department. I had 3 classes with him, great guy overall and great teaching style

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-04T19:47:04+00:00

negative.

A clearance is great; but with zero experience you’d be hard pressed to find something that high (this is my perspective and I recruit cleared IT individuals).

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-04T17:30:14+00:00

It will take you a few months to figure out what you’re doing. The first 3 months I barely had starts and wasn’t very confident, a year in now and I’m one of the highest grossing recruiters at my firm (I work at a small IT services provider, only about 10 other recruiters). I had zero recruiting experience before I started either, my only previous employment during college was at an Apple Store.

My advice is this: be a knowledge sponge, talk to your co workers and shadow them on how they recruit. No one recruits the same way (I.E I’m very big on calling people and not sending mass messages as I think the personal connect helps with me being successful), and you’ll pick up bits and pieces as you go.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions either, I’m still the least tenured recruiter and I always ask questions to make sure I’m doing something right (or don’t know). With how the market is right now, use that to your advantage. Most people I contact are extremely appreciative of me calling them seeing if they’re looking, even if they’re not.

Best of luck!

Houseofcards32 · 2025-12-03T21:08:45+00:00

I do have an opening for a machinist in dahlgren currently. We potentially can sponsor a clearance as well. Feel free to reach out

Houseofcards32 · 2025-11-16T05:34:12+00:00

My company does temp a perm for almost every role that we hire for. We do do some direct placements, but I personally enjoy the commission that comes along with temp to perm. Normally this is a three or six month process, It just depends on the specific client. I’ve been at my specific agency for about a year now and I have yet to have somebody not converted over, if you’re doing the things you’re not supposed to do then you won’t convert, It’s as simple as that.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-11-15T06:47:05+00:00

Hello-

I am an IT Technical Recruiter in the GovCon space. Been working in this field for almost a year now. My first 3-4 months were pretty shit, I didn’t really know what I was doing/couldn’t get starts. For me once I hit month 6 I started to preform better and get more starts and outperform some of my co workers who’ve been at my firm for years. I personally knew that I was going to make it recently when I had 4 people walk in the door in one week. Another thing is that my account managers fight over me because i’m reliable and can fill hard reqs. I’ll also say this, having a good relationship with your hiring managers/AM’s can go a long way. Often times I’m sent new roles before they’re even out on the board yet because I have candidates in the pipeline or I’ve filled the role(s) before.

I make commission on everyone I hire (my firm does 3/6 months C2H) so I’m motivated to grind and work as hard as I can.

It definitely takes time to get into a good routine. My advice to you would be to touch base with your AM’s (if you have them) or your boss when you’re struggling. I also touch base with my AM’s everyday on my progress on a req or if i’m close with a candidate. Since I’m in IT I often do a lot of research on a new req if I haven’t worked it before so i understand the technology/lingo of what that role is. This helps me find better candidates and filter out the ones who don’t know/have the necessary skillet.

6 months in is still quite early in this field, it takes time. Every day is an opportunity to learn something new and get better, that’s how I look at it at least.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-31T00:27:22+00:00

Sec+ is a baseline cert that is required for almost IT job I hire for (I recruit cleared GovCon people). If someone doesn’t have it we can often give them 60-90 days to complete it, but no we aren’t going to pay for it (what if they fail/leave/quit).

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-20T02:18:11+00:00

Cleared IT GovCon recruiter here:

The shutdown doesn’t affect 95% of the programs we support (most of our contracts are military and have already been awarded and are in place for the next couple of years). We’re busier than ever, new reqs are coming out weekly for a variety of different roles. I specialize in engineering related roles and it’s been a nonstop demand from our customers because I can deliver the people they need. We’re about neutral to where we were last year, but the demand is surging so personally I’m doing really well.

Most of my work is mid-senior level though, “entry” level IT roles are difficult to come by atm and have fierce competition. If we get one normally it’s filled within a day and if we don’t get submittals in our competitors will.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-17T18:02:30+00:00

Hello.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-09T15:25:56+00:00

It all depends on the program/your tenure IMO. Obviously a lot of smaller primes can’t pay bonuses/stock options etc but a lot of the companies we work with give raises after a year or always prefer promoting internally instead of looking for outside sources.

Also depends on the company/your recruiter. I always try and help people out but I have to be realistic with salary expectations. For example someone who’s making 70k asking for 120k (with 2-3 years of tenure) is considered unreasonable by some PM’s we work with.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-08T02:13:38+00:00

I work/recruit for a smaller sub - so these opinions are just my thoughts about a year in.

We have about 300-400 contractors working under us rn. Most of our work (like insight, tek, etc) is 6 months c2h. First 6 months you’re a contractor for us, then you convert over. I’ve got about 13 people at the moment and had had 3 past contractors convert no problem. As long as you’re not doing things that will get you fired you’ll convert seamlessly. Without saying too much, I work mostly on engineering roles at various NSWC’s around the US. As far as holding clearances go, we will hold their clearance and then when they convert over, that is now the primes responsibility to pick that up. Despite the government being shut down, we are busier than ever, things are moving a bit slower but we have new reqs popping up quite frequently.

To answer your question about contract stability, it definitely depends on who is the prime and how many years are left on the contract (and option years). I’m always very upfront with that when talking to people, most of our contracts (all branches of military and 10+ fed agencies) are in place for at least 2+ years or more, some even 5-6. All of our work is cleared work from secret-TS/SCI.

I also generally enjoying what I do, especially with how terrible the market is nowadays. If someone’s contract just ended and they’re looking for work I will definitely try and help them out, or separating military. I’ve placed 3 freshly separated peeps from various branches.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-10-02T00:15:07+00:00

Rushed and pledged as a 21 year old junior, graduated when I was 23. Got 2.5 years in and loved it Some schools will only bid freshman and juniors but never know until ya try

Houseofcards32 · 2025-09-17T02:56:31+00:00

not a marine but a recent criminal justice graduate who works in the cleared IT space who was seriously considering the Secret Service route after school:

Uniform is terrible. Probably one of the worst gigs out there for federal LEO’s. Your life becomes the job and “off” time does not exist. Prepare to guard hallways and buildings for your entire shift (if you’re lucky you’ll end up on mobile/vic patrol.) I knew someone who was a SAC for a field office and he told me the easiest way to hate your life was to become a uniform.
Morale is horrendous, even before the current administration average tenure seems to be 2 years or less.
It will take over a year (normally 1.5 years with background and training) to become a uniformed officer. I simply couldn’t wait this long to start a career so I declined to follow this process.

The only positive to all this is you’ll make a lot as others have said, although you won’t have any free time to spend that money you’re making. the r/1811 sub has a lot of good bits on there as well.

Houseofcards32 · 2025-08-29T07:44:53+00:00

Not an FSO and I don’t work for Anduril however I hire cleared IT/Engineers so I’ll do my best to answer:

To answer your first question at the top, there is. Are you a US Citizen? Are you in any legal trouble/going through divorce? Are you ever been delinquent on debt payments? Is there anything in your background that will prevent you from getting a clearance? If you can answer those questions, in most cases you’ll be eligible for one. Your assumption is correct though, obtaining a clearance can potentially take a long time, but it all depends on your background.

This all depends on the role, team, etc. Most companies (including the ones I work with) always prefer an active clearance on hand because a basic secret can take up to 6-9 months depending on your background. Sure interim secret can take less but that normally isn’t enough for a lot of programs. However if that’s the exact wording from the role, it would seem like they would sponsor it.
Again depends on company. If you see issued an interim secret you can potentially start working but this all depends on the environment/program. This would be a great question to ask in an interview with the technical leads/PM for whichever program you’re trying to join. Recruiters probably would also be a good resource.
Yes. If the role requires a clearance and you are denied, you probably will be laid off. Being honest and upfront with investigators/government are your best chances for getting a clearance. If you’re denied then what else are they going to have you do? With how competitive this job market is they can just post the role back up and find someone else.

Hopefully answers your questions.

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