Outspoken with Shana Cosgrove · 2026-04-20 · 44 min
Send us Fan Mail Still Here: Breaking into the Cleared World with Lindy Kyzer, VP of Content and Market Engagement at Clearance Jobs In this episode of Outspoken Podcast, Host Shana Cosgrove interviews Lindy Kyzer, a ClearanceJobs leader based in Omaha, Nebraska about security-clearance careers, recruiting market shifts, and building opportunity through networking and referrals. Lindy describes hosting ClearedCast and Federal News Network’s “Security Clearance and Security,” explains common clearance questions and misinformation (especially on Reddit), and plugs ClearanceJobs.com, a compensation survey, and her book and audiobook on the clearance process. She recounts how 9/11 and a ninth-grade trip to DC led to George Washington University, an Army internship, and Pentagon work before joining ClearanceJobs after being recruited via Twitter. As a solo parent of four, she shares travel and parenting strategies, emphasizes giving kids responsibility, and discusses authenticity in a male-dominated industry, advising competence, showing up, and not overworking for the same pay.
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