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1. CollabraSpace and ClearanceJobs.com:
A Smart Collaboration
A revolution in collaboration is underway at CollabraSpace. The Annapolis, Maryland-based company
is driving that revolution by developing software that seamlessly integrates processes, people and
data.
The company’s robust, secure software solutions help employees
at businesses and government agencies collaborate and work In Brief
more efficiently and effectively.
Company: CollabraSpace
CollabraSpace’s solutions are developed by the company’s highly
Business Profile: Maryland-based
qualified technical team. “We have a very streamlined, laser CollabraSpace provides web-based software
beam focus on hiring systems software engineers,” says Michelle and platforms to improve collaboration in
Flesher, who is operations manager and serves as the company’s government agencies and private sector
recruiter. “We have about six different projects and they’re all companies.
constantly looking for this skill set. I always have an opening.”
Because many of CollabraSpace’s contracts are at nearby Fort Situation: CollabraSpace needs a consistent
Meade, an Army installation, employees not only need excellent source of highly qualified systems software
technical skills, they also must have high-level security clearance. engineers who also have high-level clearance.
However, networking and subscribing to large
Flesher only looks for candidates with either “top-secret” or “full-
national job boards wasn’t yielding enough
scope poly” clearance.
candidates with the right qualifications and
credentials.
To source those hard-to-find professionals, Flesher used her
professional network and had convinced company management Solution: Subscribe to ClearanceJobs.com for
to subscribe to a few well-known national job boards. After trying a constant stream of skilled candidates with the
the national boards, she reports, “I was disappointed in them and right security clearance levels.
didn’t feel like I was getting the results I needed.”
Results:
• A dependable source of qualified
“I’ve had more success with ClearanceJobs.com than candidates for hiring consideration
I have with other job boards.” • An effective tool that lets CollabraSpace
keep up with the competition
— Michelle Flesher, Operations Manager, CollabraSpace • Excellent visibility for the CollabraSpace
brand
Not surprisingly, Flesher’s management was wary when she asked • Valuable referrals from ClearanceJobs.com
candidates
to add ClearanceJobs.com to her recruiting toolbox. “It was a
tough sell,” she says. “They didn’t want to spend more money
and not get any bang for their buck.” But after several successful
demonstrations by the ClearanceJobs.com salesperson, Flesher
got management’s approval to sign a 13-month contract.

2. Now she posts her jobs on ClearanceJobs.com and has
automated search agents deliver qualified candidates via “ClearanceJobs.com is worthwhile --the value
email. She also does her own searches. Using all three is definitely there.”
processes, Flesher says she’s able to keep up with the — Michelle Flesher, Operations Manager, CollabraSpace
competition for candidates, which she says is “steep.”
ClearanceJobs.com has yielded dozens of prospects that
Flesher has talked with and interviewed; she’s offered jobs
to a few. “I’ve had more success with ClearanceJobs.com
than I have with other job boards,” she comments.
Flesher also likes the fact that ClearanceJobs.com is
a two-way street where candidates also reach out
to companies. “It’s refreshing to have someone out
there looking around and saying ‘Let me check out this
company.’ I think that’s great,” says Flesher. The fact that
several ClearanceJobs.com candidates have also referred
Flesher to friends who aren’t on the job board is an added
bonus.
Given the challenging economy, Flesher has to keep
an eye on the bottom line and she’s pleased with how
ClearanceJobs.com measures up. “ClearanceJobs.com is
worthwhile -- the value is definitely there.”
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