>We also discovered after several interviews that candidates who were jumping from one government contract to another regularly were often not being re-hired wh

>We also discovered after several interviews that candidates who were jumping from one government contract to another regularly were often not being re-hired when contracts renewed/moved (because they were mediocre employees). This depends on the organization. Some government shops have an annual recompete for pretty much all of their contracts and ALWAYS go with the cheapest option, even if it totally fucks everything up and costs more in the long run. I worked for a government organization where every year we got an opportunity to re-interview for the same jobs at lower rates (with the company that underbid our old employer and put us out of with without even having employees of their own), in spite of the fact that our first line supervisors were happy with our work. It took me a while to get out of that hellhole. I'm glad no one held it against me when I applied for a non-contracting job. I've been in my current position for 2.5 years and I don't plan on leaving any time soon.