What is cleared recruiting?

Cleared recruiting is hiring for roles that need a U.S. government security clearance, usually at government contractors. Recruiters either hire people who already hold a clearance or sponsor candidates for one, and the interview process has to respect need-to-know rules, facility access and program eligibility.

Does ModernLoop work with Microsoft 365 GCC High?

Microsoft 365 GCC High is listed on ModernLoop’s integrations page.

Does ModernLoop verify security clearances?

No. Clearance verification stays with your security team and the government’s own processes. ModernLoop schedules interviews with the interviewers you set up for each interview plan, so you can keep panels to people your team has already confirmed as eligible.

What security certifications does ModernLoop have?

ModernLoop has a SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27701:2019 certificates. Data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), and ModernLoop supports SSO and SCIM provisioning. Your security team can review the details in ModernLoop’s trust center.

How should we handle candidate data for cleared roles?

Decide which systems candidate data may live in before you connect anything, share only what each interviewer needs in invites and notes, and remove access as soon as people change roles. SSO and SCIM provisioning keep ModernLoop access tied to your identity provider, so leavers lose access when you remove them there.

Interview scheduling for cleared recruiting and government contractors

Cleared recruiting adds rules to every interview: who can see a candidate’s details, which systems the data can touch and which interviewers are eligible. ModernLoop schedules interviews for government contractors, supports SSO and SCIM provisioning, and our integrations page lists Microsoft 365 GCC High.

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Why interview scheduling is different for government contractors

Need-to-know visibility

Details about cleared candidates often travel on a need-to-know basis. Invites, calendars and shared notes can reveal more than they should.

Government cloud tenants

Many contractors run Microsoft 365 GCC High or another government tenant, so every recruiting tool has to fit the calendars and meetings already there.

Interviewer eligibility

Some interviews need interviewers with a specific clearance level or program access. The panel is limited by who is eligible, not just who is free.

Controlled facilities

Onsite interviews at controlled sites come with visitor procedures, escorts and limited rooms, so the schedule has less slack.

Contract-driven timelines

Government recruiting follows contract awards and start dates. A batch of roles can open at once, with a fixed date to fill them.

Security reviews

Every new tool goes through security review: certifications, SSO, provisioning and who can access what.

The loops we schedule for government contractor teams

Set each loop up once as an interview plan, using only the interviewers your team has approved for it.

Cleared software and systems engineers. A technical screen, then a panel with the program’s engineering leads. Coding sessions from CoderPad, HackerRank, CodeSignal or Codility attach to the right interview.

Program and project managers. Interviews with the program lead, a customer-facing manager and peers, often across sites, onsite or virtual.

Contract-award surges. Many roles open at once when a contract lands. Zero Click Scheduling sends scheduling links as candidates move stages in your ATS, and load balancing keeps the same leads from taking every interview.

Analysts and consultants. Panels with team leads and a senior reviewer. ModernLoop proposes several schedules from availability and load, and you pick the one that works.

Security and facility roles. Interviews with the facility security officer and site leadership, with each interviewer’s work hours set in their profile.

Corporate functions. Contracts, finance, HR and IT loops, requested from inside the ATS and worked from one coordinator queue.

Clearance-aware interview scheduling

Process advice for cleared recruiting teams. ModernLoop schedules interviews; clearance decisions stay with your security team.

Decide who can see what

Agree which roles see candidate names, résumés and clearance details. Keep calendar titles and invite text to what each interviewer needs.

Keep data in approved systems

List every system candidate data will touch, from ATS to calendars, video and messaging, and check each against your tenant and contract rules before you connect it.

Set interviewer eligibility

Keep a list of interviewers approved for each program or clearance level, and build interview plans only from that list.

Review access often

Remove access as soon as people leave or change programs. SSO and SCIM provisioning make that part of your identity process.

What your security review will ask about

What ModernLoop’s security page lists today, plus the audit-trail details your reviewers will want.

SOC 2 Type 2. report on ModernLoop’s security controls, with a trust center monitored continuously by Vanta.

ISO 27001 and ISO 27701. certificates (ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27701:2019) for information security and privacy management.

Single sign-on. with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google SSO, Microsoft SSO or SAML SSO.

SCIM provisioning. so accounts are created and removed from your identity provider, not by hand.

Encryption. in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), with encrypted backups.

Monitoring and response. 24/7 monitoring and incident response, regular vulnerability scanning and annual penetration testing.

Availability. 99.9% uptime in the public SLA, and a public status page.

How ModernLoop fits cleared recruiting

Start with your Microsoft environment: our integrations page lists Microsoft 365 GCC High.

Then build panels from the people your team has approved.

Interview plans built from the interviewers you choose for each role
Scheduling requests that note the types of interviewers needed
Schedules built from candidate availability, interviewer availability and interviewer load
Custom email and calendar invites
A suggested replacement when an interviewer can’t make it

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