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1. Solvern Innovations: Growing Strong
with ClearanceJobs
When the National Security Agency (NSA) or Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) needs technology and
business management solutions, they look for prompt solutions from Solvern Innovations. The mid-size
tech and business services provider based in Baltimore, Maryland meets those demands with agility,
innovation and a deep bench of highly skilled professionals.
Despite the challenging economy, Solvern Innovations’ services
are in high demand and the company is in an aggressive growth In Brief
phase. That means the company must source more skilled
Company: Solvern Innovations, Baltimore, MD
professionals with the high level, full scope polygraph security
clearance required by most of its clients. Until recently, Solvern
Business Profile: Solvern Innovations is a
Innovations relied on employee referrals and a small job board mid-size defense contractor providing tech and
to find candidates. But the company needed a better – faster – business services to government and military
pipeline of qualified prospective employees. organizations.
Situation: Solvern Innovations is in an
Nine Hires in Four Months aggressive growth phase. At any given time, the
Neal Frick, senior technical recruiter at Solvern Innovations, company has up to 100 job openings for tech
invited ClearanceJobs to demonstrate the service for the and business management professionals with
company’s management team. They were sold. Solvern Innovations high-level security clearance. The company’s
purchased a subscription in July 2009. Within four months the regular sourcing channels can’t keep up with
company had interviewed more than 75 people from the site and demand.
hired nine of them. Is Frick sold on the results from ClearanceJobs?
“Absolutely,” he says. Solution: Subscribe to ClearanceJobs to
access a database of highly skilled, security-
cleared professionals.
“ClearanceJobs has twice as many viable
Results:
candidates… it pays for itself!” • Nine hires in just four months
— Neal Frick, Senior Technical Recruiter, Solvern Innovations • A constant source of candidates with diverse
skills and current security clearance
• Fresh resumes delivered via email every day
Now, ClearanceJobs.com is a key source for Frick. He’s on the site
daily searching for cleared IT professionals including database • Easy access to passive candidates
developers, programmers and networking experts, as well as
business professionals who can handle training, curriculum
development, procurement support, financial analysis and more.
“ClearanceJobs has a good blend of skill sets … We’ve had great
success finding candidates with more than just IT skills,”
notes Frick.

2. Fresh Resumes Daily
“ClearanceJobs makes it easy to find
He posts jobs and uses the resume retrieval service,
which delivers new resumes that match his specs right people with the right clearance.”
to his e-mail box. “The number of fresh candidates on the — Neal Frick, Senior Technical Recruiter, Solvern Innovations
site is really appealing,” says Frick. “If the timing is right,
we can get in touch with people within an hour of when
they post their resume. It’s great to be the first company That was the case with a recent hire. The candidate, a
to build a relationship with someone.” contracting specialist, was in the process of transitioning
from an intelligence agency to a contract position. Her
On average, 15 new matching resumes are waiting in resume, which had been on the ClearanceJobs.com
Frick’s inbox each morning from ClearanceJobs. When database for a while, came up in one of Frick’s searches.
he opens them, Frick knows the candidates will have the Her qualifications met Frick’s job requisitions exactly. “We
security clearance he needs. “Sorting through uncleared were able to connect with her and convince her to come
candidates on other boards is tedious,” he says. on board with Solvern Innovations,” says Frick. “It was a
“ClearanceJobs makes it easy to find people with the right big win for us; we’d been trying to fill that position for a
clearance. It’s been a huge time saver for us.” long time.”
Quick Connection to Passive Candidates Time-saving services and qualified candidates coupled
Frick also likes the fact that ClearanceJobs archives with competitive pricing – it adds up to an excellent value,
resumes until the candidates delete them, which means says Frick. “The rates are the same as some of the larger
that the database has a large pool of active – and passive job boards, but ClearanceJobs has twice as many viable
– candidates. “If you can identify someone who put their candidates… ClearanceJobs pays for itself!”
resume up a few years ago, they may now be considering
a move and we might be able to start a dialogue,” In November, 2009 Solvern Innovations, Inc. was acquired
explains Frick. by Telecommunications Systems.
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