What began as a way to help emerging defense companies find top candidates has grown into the largest defense industry careers marketplace. JOBSwithDOD provides a unified ecosystem of career opportunities across both private sector defense companies of all sizes and DoD civilian employers: one industry, one network.
At JOBSwithDOD our purpose unites us. The core values that animate everything we do are based upon integrity, service, and excellence. This commitment to our mission, and a focus on delivering the highest quality solutions for the defense industry means we are ever striving for continuous improvement and growth.
In 2023, JOBSwithDOD formed a shadow board consisting of employees from across our offices and departments. The aim of our shadow board was and remains, to offer an employee perspective on issues of group-wide significance to executive leadership, and to develop future leaders.
The shadow board is proud to have completed several recent strategic initiatives including establishing a mentorship program to foster career growth and expanding our impact to support veteran serving non-profits.
Why Traditional Defense Recruitment Methods Are Failing Defense contractors face a recruitment crisis that traditional hiring methods cannot solve. Commercial sectors hire in weeks. Defense hiring stretches into months and burns budgets while losing top talent to competitors who move faster. The Clearance Bottleneck Problem Security clearances create the single biggest hiring delay in defense … Continued
Understanding Defense Employment Sectors in 2026 Defense employment in 2026 spans three distinct pathways: uniformed military service, civilian government positions, and private contractor roles. Over 1.3 million active-duty personnel serve across six military branches. The Army maintains 472,000 active members, the Navy 337,000, the Air Force 320,000, the Marine Corps 182,000, the Coast Guard 42,000, … Continued
How Pentagon’s Budget Growth Enables Economic Warfare Capabilities The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request reaches $1.5 trillion. This represents a $441 billion or 44% increase from 2026 enacted levels. The historic expansion provides the financial foundation for Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg’s newly established Economic Defense Unit, which received $593 million in research, development, … Continued