Did having a security clearance (Secret and/or TS) help you in finding a job after ETS or Retirement?

No I'm a dairy goat farmer and goats are notorious blabbermouths.

I can't say that my TS/SCI access paid off upon my retirement. The attributes that helped the most were the abilities to type, read, and ingest the material in a comprehensive manner. Had I stayed at Fort Bragg those clearances would have been highly beneficial should I have accepted a job with my old Special Security Officer, Major "Moon" Mullins. I opted, instead, to return to college for a while before entering the domain as an employee of the U.S.P.S. in Computer Forwarding.

Thing about clearances is they are killed off when you retire or punch out. However, the basis of the clearance is usually still valid which makes a government contractor's security office job much easier in sponsoring a replacement clearance. Works well for folk that are very knowledgeable about the systems they use and then shift to Raytheon, Boeing, etc. to work the other end. I'd advise anyone getting out to know what the shelf life is on the clearance basis. BTW if you're out and say you have a clearance on your resume, you are giving a false statement. Make sure you say "held" and not "hold". That screams your lack of knowledge. If the firm asks, you can say how many years left on the basis.