Hi, I will try to make my story very concise and to the point as possible for a complex career problem:
I. I was working as an intern at a nuke plant going to college for an associates NUET degree.
II. I had some medical problems due to being hit by a drunk driver that were interfering in my efforts to do the required classes.
III. This situation became known by accessing and they pulled my unescorted access / due to being deemed medically unfit for unescorted access ..using conservative decision making by the plant medical director.
IV. I obviously lost my job and dropped out of the associates program as its real hard to get motivated over something you can't qualify for anymore. I picked up an $8 customer svc. job to replace the Nuke Job....not exactly the same pay range......
All this happened a few years ago in 2006...so my specific questions:
1A. how hard is it to get a nuclear job once you have had your unescorted access pulled (either in-house or contractor)?
1B. how much harder is it to get a job without a related degree (I imagine even a lowly associates degree helps)?
2. how much harder is it to get unescorted access once you've had it pulled?
3. how does having one's access pulled impact one's career path in this industry? Although its not a 100% career end...I would think it would be a black eye that would haunt career efforts. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.