What Can a Security Recruitment Firm Do for Your Career?

The first quarter of every year is when our security recruitment firm is approached by the largest number of job seekers. We hear from people whose resolutions for the coming year include finding a new job, and this year many reach-outs are from current federal government employees.

It remains the case that over 65% of the overall security candidate pool have a public sector background. In the United States, years in which there is an incoming new administration often accelerates the number of government employees looking to transition to the private sector. 2025 has been particularly active in that regard with many new security job seekers from federal law enforcement agencies approaching us.

Regardless of motivation to change jobs, people often misunderstand the role a recruitment company can ethically play in an individual’s job search. Understanding how a search firm works is one of the first steps you can take in your job quest.

Companies like SMR Group are hired by organizations to find candidates for specific searches. We always have contractual relationships in place prior to sourcing candidates, and we present potential employees to our clients only after obtaining the candidate’s written permission to do so.

We keep every individual’s personal data in our candidate management system (CMS) that meets stringent global privacy compliance requirements. And our CMS is the first place we look for potential candidate matches when we start a new search. Creating a profile in our CMS and keeping it up to date is a fantastic way to get noticed.

Many of the first-quarter emails from job seekers request: I would like to talk to you about your services and learn how you can find me a new job….

While you are here sign up for SMR’s job announcements and have the latest security jobs delivered to your in box. If you haven’t already, join our security talent community so we can reach out to you directly.