Illegal?

[someone has my name]

Ok I phoned about a gig advertised in Job serve.. (after sending my CV)...
pimp says that I need high level sec clearance, and client asked not to mention it on the advert? isn't this illegal? ...

[NotAllThere]

It's not according to the rules, but they're routinely broken all the time.

[DodgyAgent]

Ok I phoned about a gig advertised in Job serve.. (after sending my CV)...
pimp says that I need high level sec clearance, and client asked not to mention it on the advert? isn't this illegal? ...

Move on

[Diver]

Move on

WHS

[Growernotashower]

I went for a job as a long distance lorry driver, interview went really well, I know all the quickest routes to everywhere in the world and know how to drive a truck from practice on private roads, but I don't have a liceance. They said they need someone with a licence!!! I can could get one in a month or two but they said they already had people with the same skills with a licence. Is this Illegal?

[Another Dodgy Agent]

Move on

Could this be the worst "I could have got a gig but I didn't because of the agent" thread ever?

[someone has my name]

I went for a job as a long distance lorry driver, interview went really well, I know all the quickest routes to everywhere in the world and know how to drive a truck from practice on private roads, but I don't have a liceance. They said they need someone with a licence!!! I can could get one in a month or two but they said they already had people with the same skills with a licence. Is this Illegal?

But to drive said lorry, you assume you need a licence, but to do a .net contract it is assumed you know the .net framework, not have a licence to kill Bond style.!

[pmeswani]

Ok I phoned about a gig advertised in Job serve.. (after sending my CV)...
pimp says that I need high level sec clearance, and client asked not to mention it on the advert? isn't this illegal? ...

Not illegal... against best practices outlined by the DVA. If you bear in mind that a lot of people with DV clearance will already be applying for the role (with all the relevant experience), the agency wants to make sure that the best candidates are being put forward. This is not to say that opportunities will not exist in the future for companies to sponsor you to undergo SC or DV clearance. As already stated, move on.

[original PM]

seen quite a few contracts recently requiring security clearence - have not applied for them cos I do not have it.

so the question (to get to the damn point) How do you get security clearence?

[Diver]

seen quite a few contracts recently requiring security clearence - have not applied for them cos I do not have it.

so the question (to get to the damn point) How do you get security clearence?

I had to have it to work on Nuclear power stations. They sent someone round to interview my family, previous employers and my Doctor.
It took over a week, but that was back in the early nineties. don't know how they go about it now.
Never been asked for SC since! I must be in the system.