1. Contact recruiter, say you're interested, provide him/her with your resume. 2. Recruiter arranges a meeting at a location that is convenient for you. 3. Recruiter asks simple questions to match you with a contract customer - the actual location/customer where you will be working. 4. Recruiter arranges an on-site interview with the contract customer. 5. You interview with the contract customer, at the customer's site, where they ask you questions to determine if you match the position they have open. 6. Recruiter determines if the contract customer wants to proceed with the hiring process. 7. If contract customer passes, then the relationship ends. Otherwise, recruiter, you, and the contract customer arrange for a start date, based on the time required to process any extraneous information, such as, background investigation, security clearance transfer, etc. 8. All HR paperwork is processed. 9. Recruiter meets you at the contract customer site for first day of employment.