Resume Tips:
- Leverage visually appealing resume templates to show professionalism, and polish, and to stand out
- Nice easy bullet points and keeping it readable
- Recommend something that stands out for the resume template
- Great Resume Builder
General Tips:
- Understand there are many areas of information security and cybersecurity. There is more out there than just pentesting!
- Understand that you need to be able to communicate to both a technical audience and a non-technical (executive level) audience. The key to this is understanding what metrics and considerations are most important to whomever you are speaking to.
- Honesty is appreciated in the interview; if you donāt know an answer, thatās fine. You can say you donāt know the answer, but you can provide an answer at a later time.
- Networking within the infosec/IT community is important; getting advice and insight from others in the industry will provide you with a more well-rounded view of different ways of doing things.
- If interested in Pentesting:
- Do a pentest and develop a report; post it on your GitHub as a sample work reference
- Embedding a Canary token is the next level, if youāre bold š
General Mistakes:
- Not focusing on critical thinking skills, asking why, and trying to understand why.
- Good FAQ questions means you are connecting the dots and you are providing what the customer wants
- Neglecting speaking and writing skills.
- If you cannot communicate takeaways or actions (i.e remediation) you will have a challenging time affecting change in the organization
- Have to relate to your audience (i.e. CEOs who might not have a tech background)
- Not researching the industry and the various roles within information security.
- Donāt apply for positions you are obviously not qualified for
- Makes HR mangers cynical; treat it as more transaction as opposed to dealing with individual people
- Well curated positions and make sure its what you are actually looking for
- Being abrasive when asking for help
- People neglecting their LinkedIn Profile
- What you did, what you were responsible for
- Have bullet points that are relevant to the position you held; highlight key takeaways from each position
- Negating to have a learning path (how to advance your career or certification path)
- Layout with a timeline where you would like to be with the goals in your learning path
- Donāt do certifications just for the purpose of having them; you should learn and understand they why. Learning the skills make the certifications worth it. Its more impressive that you understand the information v.s. having the certification.
