OK, this is going to be a very specific question. Someone (in Millington, I think) was going through my paperwork and questioned the reason for termination from one of my past jobs. I was neither fired nor left under unfavorable conditions so I did not remark on the reason for termination. My dispatcher said I now need to write a statement explaining my reason for termination and a clarification for the reason for termination on my SF-86. Does this sound weird to anyone else or is this just one more step in the long process of getting a security clearance?
By paperwork, are you referring to your
Application for Commission or to the
SF-86 itself?
On the
SF-86,
Section 11, YOUR EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES, you are required to list your employers. There is not a check box in that section whereby you list why you left said employer. In
Section 22, YOUR EMPLOYMENT RECORD, however, the form asks:
Code:
Has any of the following happened to you in the last 7 years?
If "Yes," begin with the most recent occurrence and go backward,
providing date fired, quit, or left, and other information requested.
Use the following codes and explain the reason your employment was ended:
1 - Fired from a job
2 - Quit a job after being told you?d be fired
3 - Left a job by mutual agreement following allegations of misconduct
4 - Left a job by mutual agreement following allegations of unsatisfactory performance
5 - Left a job for other reasons under unfavorable circumstances
If 1 - 5 do not apply to you, then the only option on the
SF-86 is to check "NO."
However, on your
Application for Commission,
Section III Professional Information, there is a box next to each employer that asks, "Reason for Termination." If you left those blank, then that might be the cause of your problem. If this was the case, did your recruiter quality-check those forms prior to sending them off?
When I filled my application out, I put something similar to the following in that box for each employer: "Left under favorable circumstances to accept a new position that afforded more opportunity for professional growth."
