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Audit warns KBR to cut number of employees in Iraq
Pentagon auditors are warning the Army's primary support contractor in Iraq, responsible for everything from mail and laundry to housing and meals, to cut its work force there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll.
Monday, November 2, 2009
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Recruiter Interview: EG&G Division of URS Corporation
The EG&G Division of URS Corporation is a contractor to the U.S. federal government, serving every branch of the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and other federal agencies. The division provides systems engineering and technical assistance to develop weapons systems, and maintains and repairs vehicles, aircraft and other military equipment to extend their service life.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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KBR shows decline in Middle East hiring
In the frenzied early days of the Iraq war, KBR could barely keep pace with Pentagon demands for thousands of civilian contractors to support U.S. troops in the Middle East. But today, the firm’s once massive hiring effort has slowed to a trickle as the Obama administration moves to downsize U.S. forces in Iraq and a new government contract for troop-support work gives KBR a smaller role than it previously had.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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ClearedJobs.Net Debuts Live Video Coverage of Cleared Job Fair
ClearedJobs.Net, the leading security cleared job board, is known for expanding accessibility of its services and outreach to job seekers holding active security clearances. With its upcoming June 4, 2009 Cleared Job Fair, the job board will add live video coverage of the event.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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US lacks civilians for Afghan 'civilian surge'
The Obama administration is having trouble finding the hundreds of civilians it wants to bolster its troop buildup in Afghanistan, so military reservists might be asked to do many of the jobs.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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Obama executive order limits contractors' hiring options
Less than two weeks after his inauguration, President Obama signed a little-noticed executive order that could dramatically change how federal contractors staff their government projects. The directive requires service providers that win follow-on contracts to offer jobs to nonmanagerial employees at the previous company.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Ex-Blackwater Workers May Return to Iraq Jobs
Late last month Blackwater Worldwide lost its billion-dollar contract to protect American diplomats here, but by next month many if not most of its private security guards will be back on the job in Iraq.
Monday, April 6, 2009
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Private Contractors Sought As Guards in Afghanistan
The U.S. Army is looking to private contractors to provide armed security guards to protect Forward Operating Bases in seven provinces in southern Afghanistan. The move to hire contractors to provide armed guards comes as the United States is deploying more American troops to Afghanistan and looking to double the size of the Afghan National Army from 80,000 to 162,000 over the next five years.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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11 contractors make G.I. Jobs list of Top 50 Military Vet -Friendly Employers
Chris Hale, general manager of G.I. Jobs, notes that interest in hiring military veterans has never been higher. "This list serves to disprove a populist notion that veterans are having difficulty finding jobs when leaving the military." The pool of eligible companies (minimum of $1 billion annual revenues) was approximately 2,500. Of the top 50, 11 were defense contractors with overseas employess.
Friday, November 14, 2008
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Veterans with Security Clearance in High Demand; Defense Industry Job Sector Still Strong
TECHEXPO Top Secret illustrates that the demand for employees with government and military experience is still strong even as the nation's unemployment rate reaches a fourteen-year high of 6.5%. Over 75 defense contractors, federal agencies, and government service companies, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, the Defense Intelligence Agency, IBM, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and AT&T Government Solutions, will be conducting face-to-face interviews this week for immediate opportunities.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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Contractors are employing a diverse staff
One of the first greetings American troops learn in Iraq isn't in Arabic. It's in Swahili. There are Filipinos and Bangladeshis working in the laundry service, Nepalese handling the ice, Indians cooking and serving food, and truckers from Turkey. In Baghdad, Peruvians handle many of the security checkpoints.
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Defense Jobs On The Rise
Government contractors are looking for employees who understand the military system and how to be successful in it. Now is the time to look for jobs in defense and security – an industry that covers a wide swath of opportunities from security detail, to contract writing, to information technology, to engineering and upper management.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Same Job, Different Boss
As we continue to make our military more streamlined, many jobs are being handed over to defense contractors that are hiring military.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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Hundreds line up for shot at Iraq MRAP jobs
The "Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles Job Fair" is seeking more than 500 workers: welders, heavy mobile equipment mechanics, production controllers, administrative assistants, supply technicians and quality assurance specialists.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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Army Prepares For Civilian Layoffs
Gen. Richard Cody, the Army Vice Chief of Staff, in a four-page memo has directed Army commanders to draft plans of how to replace civilian workers and contractors with soldiers around Feb. 23, when as many as 200,000 layoffs could occur.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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Pentagon warns of massive civilian and contractor layoffs
The Defense Department warned Tuesday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees would begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President Bush's $196 billion war request, but senior Democrats said no war funds would be approved until Bush accepts a shift in his Iraq policy.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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More competition for jobs: KBR recruiting Kenyans for Iraq
For the second time in as two months, KBR is recruiting Kenyans for jobs in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. The firm has placed advertisements in a local Kenyan newspaper seeking people to work in “contingency operations” for US and coalition forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
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