📈 Pulse of the cleared talent market

Anyone involved with hiring in the federal and cleared space in 2022 can tell you it was the Wild Wild West. Every candidate was receiving multiple offers, offers were being made after short and hurried interview processes, and bidding wars were erupting for non A-players.

2023 has continued to be a competitive market, but not carrying the same ferocity as 2022. Companies are drawing lines in the sand regarding salary, slowing down and putting more thought and evaluation into their interview processes, and candidates juggling multiple offers simultaneous is not as common as it was a year ago.

A factor for this could be decreased competition from the commercial and big tech space for cleared talent, as tech layoffs have made headlines this year.

If 2022 scared you away from certain talent markets or skillsets within the cleared space, this may be a good time to revisit some of those talents pools and reevaluate the market before we head into the late Q3/Q4 hiring surge. (None of the above applies to Developers with a Poly, still impossible to find.)

STEM Solutions is proud to present this issue of the SF-86. STEM Solutions specializes in the recruitment of cleared professionals. The federal talent market is as competitive as it gets, we’ll help you win by getting the best talent, faster. Schedule a time to speak with us today. **