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I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished??
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Originally Posted by: NewGov  I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished?? You might be able to start your new position while your clearance is still pending, confirm with your H.R.
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This can happen with certain kinds of public trust. But pretty unusual if it is a security clearance (secret or above, I guess there are still some 'confidential' clearances out there) |
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Originally Posted by: someoldguy This can happen with certain kinds of public trust. But pretty unusual if it is a security clearance (secret or above, I guess there are still some 'confidential' clearances out there) Not sure my clearance was Secret, although it was "Position Sensitive", I needed to fill out the SF 86 and was allowed to enter while the investigation was pending
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Originally Posted by: GSBS Originally Posted by: NewGov I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished?? You might be able to start your new position while your clearance is still pending, confirm with your H.R. Just concerned about leaving my job and not being cleared yet
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Originally Posted by: NewGov Originally Posted by: GSBS Originally Posted by: NewGov I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished?? You might be able to start your new position while your clearance is still pending, confirm with your H.R. Just concerned about leaving my job and not being cleared yet Depends on what your job required. They can bring you on while clearance is processing. If it public trust, Talbot really a clearance and can be done quickly.
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Originally Posted by: NewGov Originally Posted by: GSBS Originally Posted by: NewGov I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished?? You might be able to start your new position while your clearance is still pending, confirm with your H.R. Just concerned about leaving my job and not being cleared yet If you are a current federal employee, not an issue; otherwise, you have discovered one of the issues with federal employees... Until you are sitting in the chair the job is tentative. Fully finished is subjective. I started a new job with the feds 1.5 years ago and have yet to be notified the new clearance is complete. The supervisor doesn't have a clue if the clearance is complete.
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Originally Posted by: FrankJr Originally Posted by: NewGov Originally Posted by: GSBS Originally Posted by: NewGov I was given a final offer for a gov job and a start date weeks ago. Now I interviewed with a background officer this week and he said results will take a month or so. Is this common? Should I wait until fully finished?? You might be able to start your new position while your clearance is still pending, confirm with your H.R. Just concerned about leaving my job and not being cleared yet If you are a current federal employee, not an issue; otherwise, you have discovered one of the issues with federal employees... Until you are sitting in the chair the job is tentative. Fully finished is subjective. I started a new job with the feds 1.5 years ago and have yet to be notified the new clearance is complete. The supervisor doesn't have a clue if the clearance is complete. Was it a clearance or was it Public Trust?
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