Free Download · Two Playbooks
Two Free Playbooks. Take One or Both.
The USAJOBS Playbook is for federal jobs. The Security Clearance Playbook is for cleared defense jobs, and how to get a Top Secret clearance.
Which do you need?Pick one or both.
Inside the Clearance Playbook
- ✓ Four proven ways to get sponsored — the ClearanceJobs, USAJOBS, defense-contractor, and Intelligence Community routes, down to the exact message to send a recruiter.
- ✓ The 10 myths that keep people out — past drug use, debt, "you have to pay for it," "it takes years." What's actually true.
- ✓ Why clearances get denied — the reasons that actually sink a case and how to avoid each one.
Inside the USAJOBS Playbook
- ✓ Every hiring authority you qualify for — VRA, Schedule A, military spouse, and Pathways, plus the two federal directories that let an agency hire you without the job ever being posted.
- ✓ The federal resume format that survives review — the paragraph-and-bullets structure, the two-page cap, and the prompts that tailor it to any announcement.
- ✓ How applications are actually scored — why only the "Best Qualified" list gets referred, and the questionnaire rule that filters people out before a human reads a word.