security check (government) for job?

[MrSki]

I went for a fairly low grade job in the HoCs in the late 80s. Interview went well but got fucked over because my sister ran a company for Howard Marks. Wouldn't have thought that for that level of post they would dig that deep but they did. Maybe now they are more worried about terrorist connections than a dope dealer.

 

[wiskey]

Oddly I'm just doing the application for a role which specifically asks if there is anything in my past, or the pasts of my friends or family, which could cause me trouble in the future. I'm going to apply in the full knowledge that I'll probably be rejected at first sift.

Good luck with yours

 

[alex_]

My brother in law’s brother had to leave his job at GCHQ cos he took up with a Chinese woman, they offered him the chance to split up with her or leave, he’s such a massive nerd that I think he realised this was his one chance in life for a bunk up and told them to do one.

shortly after that she moved abroad ?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

shortly after that she moved abroad ?

Would be a decent twist, but they moved to Plymouth and he got a ludicrously high paid job with Microsoft. They have subsequently split up, but not for a couple of years after GCHQ.

 

[A380]

SC gets you to see secret and occasional access to top secret. And a fetching yellow strip on your CS ID card It’s a desktop exercise. I had it for years ( and a more bespoke financial one ) despite my parents spending their 20s working for the revolution and my dad his 30s working for what was a front for Soviet military intelligence- ironically given he and my mum had been a major Euro communist and anti tankies in their 20s.

DV, they don’t seem to care what you do as long as you tell them about it- ISIS membership may be an exception. You get a green strip on your ID badge.

At the other end most civil servants just have a Basic check red or CTC check blue. The basic check just makes sure you aren’t actually wanted ( I think ) and the blue the same and that you aren’t actively on a watch list. Both give occasional access to secret. I think the CTC gives you access to a few of the more secure buildings.

Nb above may not actually reflect HMG policy.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Nb above may not actually reflect HMG policy.

for example, in Dominic Cummins' case

 

[Puddy_Tat]

thanks again to all who offered thoughts

didn't get shortlisted.

meh.

had quite a few reservations about it, and suppose i ought to try and be more ambitious than 'something with a decent pension'

 

[Sue]

Sorry to hear that, Puddy_Tat. But strange times at the moment and suspect we're all making slightly random decisions just now. Onwards and upwards.

(FWIW, I'd have long since walked from my current job but pandemic, better the devil your know thing. It is making me feel kind of trapped and a bit depressed but hey, I know I'm lucky to have money coming in so...just have to get on with it at the moment. Meh.)

 

[likesfish]

Many many years ago had to get a SC clearance for a role in the TA turns out the assorted lefties I knew in Brighton didn't count as official subversives .
They'd be heart broken if they found out

 

[nogojones]

SC gets you to see secret and occasional access to top secret. And a fetching yellow strip on your CS ID card It’s a desktop exercise. I had it for years ( and a more bespoke financial one ) despite my parents spending their 20s working for the revolution and my dad his 30s working for what was a front for Soviet military intelligence- ironically given he and my mum had been a major Euro communist and anti tankies in their 20s.

DV, they don’t seem to care what you do as long as you tell them about it- ISIS membership may be an exception. You get a green strip on your ID badge.

At the other end most civil servants just have a Basic check red or CTC check blue. The basic check just makes sure you aren’t actually wanted ( I think ) and the blue the same and that you aren’t actively on a watch list. Both give occasional access to secret. I think the CTC gives you access to a few of the more secure buildings.

Nb above may not actually reflect HMG policy.

Ohhh. What's the best Top Secrets you've seen?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

didn't get shortlisted.

I'm very sorry, but we found some adverse findings in your history (mainly a preponderance of cat videos). Your files have been noted accordingly.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ohhh. What's the best Top Secrets you've seen?

That's almost tantamount to inciting others to breaking the OSA.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

If you want to read up on how the spooks delve in to your sordid history it's described here

National security vetting: clearance levels

www.gov.uk

 

[nogojones]

That's almost tantamount to inciting others to breaking the OSA.

Sssshhh. Don't give the game away

 

[farmerbarleymow]

eSC clearance includes this...

completion, by the individual, of a Security Questionnaire, Financial Questionnaire and Internet Questionnaire

That's everyone on here fucked.

 

[A380]

Ohhh. What's the best Top Secrets you've seen?

The UFO in the old railway tunnel Under the Malvern Hills. But I’m not allowed to tell anyone.

 

[nogojones]

The UFO in the old railway tunnel Under the Malvern Hills. But I’m not allowed to tell anyone.

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