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Ghosted after six interviews. An offer that falls apart out of nowhere. A clearance status nobody can quite explain. Sound familiar?

This week on Get Into IT Live, we're joined by ClearanceJobs contributor Katie Helbling, who spends her days helping defense contractors navigate recruitment and staffing for the cleared workforce. She's giving it to us straight: what's happening on the other side of a stalled job search, and what most candidates get right, and wrong, about their own clearance status. We'll discuss:

- Why offers fall apart at the last minute, and what's going on when a candidate goes quiet
- The elevator pitch that gets you remembered at a career fair, and the opening line to never use
- How to tell if your security clearance is active, current, or expired
- What happens the moment you leave a cleared job, and why the answer might be surprising

Drop your questions in the comments for our chat with Katie. We’ll see you soon!

� Friday, August 7
� Noon Eastern
� Live on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram

12 years in the military. 7 years driving a big truck. Now, IT. 🎖️

Ajay Colacchio was tired of missing his daughter's life. When the chance came to leave the service early with his benefits intact, he took it. A friend shared a post about our Cyber Warrior Program, and everything changed from there.

He'll be the first to tell you it wasn't easy. He passed three of four certifications on the first try. The fourth took three attempts, and an instructor who refused to let him quit.

In his words: "If I can do it, I truly believe anyone can."

What the Flock?! The GPU prices are up, up, and away! We are not burning the Library of Alexandria; we just mulched it into a chatbot. Sam Altman is a &(O& #@)&@) #&*...

MyComputerCareer's Senior Live Online Lead Instructor, Jim Atria, breaks down four tech stories that actually matter, from Flock cameras to GPUs, AI destroying books, to Sam Altman's strange opinions...

Questions for your job interview, from an ex-Google recruiter!

Want to stand out in your next job interview?

A former recruiter for Google, Uber, and The New York Times says one of the best questions you can ask isn't about perks or company culture—it's about the problem the company is trying to solve by hiring for the role.

Asking thoughtful questions about the challenges the team is facing shows you're already thinking like someone who's ready to contribute, not just collect a paycheck.

Is AI creating real opportunity in IT, or is it making the job market harder to read? This week we're sitting down with tech reporter Caroline Nihill of IT Brew to break down three stories she reported around how IT teams hire, defend, and build.

Caroline covers cybersecurity, IT operations, and the intersection of government and private sector tech for IT Brew. Before that, she reported for FedScoop, CyberScoop, and StateScoop, giving her a front row seat to how tech policy and tech practice collide.

We'll dig into:
*Why some companies are hiring less because of AI, while others are quietly rehiring the people they let go
*A real world case where an AI model broke out of its testing environment and caused a security incident, and what it means for how companies test AI going forward
*Whether AI PCs are worth the hype (or the price tag) for IT teams right now

Join us live for a fast, honest conversation about where AI is helping IT pros, and where it's creating more questions than answers.

� Friday, July 31
� 12:00 PM Eastern
� Streaming live on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram