Mastodawn

Nov 19, 2022

So I just posted a number of #entrylevel #infosecjobs. My point isn't that I don't think people can search these out themselves.

Instead, I'm trying to highlight how jobs where the candidate pool will likely be entry level folks but the job description is poorly worded such that many will self-exclude.

Be brave, fuck the requirements section. If it sounds like a job you think you can do:

1. Tailor your resume. Don't lie but definitely highlight the correct relevant experience, skills, and/or knowledge you have.

2. Think about it like an elevator pitch. You have mere moments and few words to tell them why they NEED to hire you.

3. If you need someone to kick your #ImposterSyndrome in the ass, let me know.

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(((Dan Holzman-Tweed)))

@alyssam_infosec Let me echo this! Job descriptions are written by HR, not by hiring managers. HR's metric is how few job descriptions they have to manage, not how accurate each one is.

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Alyssa Miller 🛩️

Nov 20, 2022

@holzmantweed I'm exhausted with managers blaming HR. Maybe this is your experience, but I've been a hiring manager since the early 2000's and have never not had input on the job descriptions for my roles.

Also, even if job descriptions are written 100% by HR in some companies with no opportunity from the hiring manager to influence, hiring managers in tech are, on the majority, ill equipped to actually conduct a hiring process. Little training is provided and there's way too much defaulting to trying to find "people like me".

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(((Dan Holzman-Tweed)))Nov 20, 2022

@alyssam_infosec My experience includes HR making me take the multiple job descriptions I'd written precisely and consolidate them into one for associate, one for analyst, and one for specialist.