Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs

[Kris Boulez <kris.boulez () gmail com>]

A small comment from the other side (a Techie now doing recruitment for
technical security jobs).
Please make a CV that is "readable". You don't want to know how many CV's
we have to scan and in 5-10 sec we need to be able to have a feeling about
what has this person studied / where has he worked / what his/her
capabilities are

And as others have stated, invest in your network. Become involved in a
local chapter and talk to people. There is always someone who knows someone
who knows some other person.

Kris,

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Nick Drage <nickd () funkyjesus org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 04:17:52PM +0000, Bacon Zombie wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Bear in mind that local work culture makes a huge difference, from my
> very limited experience there's quite a difference between British CVs,
> American resumes, and Canadian resumes, be sure that the advice you
> follow is suitable for whatever your geographical target is.
>
> > #> Do you list conferences you have attended and if so what section do
> > you list them under or do they deserve there own section.
>
> I'd be tempted to list in whatever section is appropriate that you
> attend conferences, but I'd only list them overall, rather than each
> individual one - i.e. "DefCon", not "DefCon 1, DefCon 2, DefCon 3".
>
> And "their" ;)  Get someone else to check your CV, attention to detail
> shows, and if you work on your CV long enough you will become blind to
> it.
>
> > #> Do you list projects and CTF.
>
> If they're of a suitable size, yes.
>
> > #> Do you list that you are a member of your Hackerspace, DC or 2600
> > group and what do you put it under.
>
> Definitely list them, but the section depends on how you've divided up
> your CV.
>
> > #> Do you follow the no more then 2 or 3 pages rule or has that
> > changes now since most people will read your CV via TXT/PDF/DOCX and
> > not a printout.
>
> The two/three page rule shows how much the potential employer cares
> about your CV.  Your CV is just to get you an interview, the interview
> gets you the job.  For the first pass you'll get around seven seconds,
> iirc, before the employer decides to add you to the "actually read
> these" pile or files you in the shredder.
>
> > What are some thing really should include and also really should not
> > include on my CV.
>
> You're "known" in the community, and I don't believe it's just because
> of your, er, interesting name.  You've got the right connections, I've
> heard people speak highly of you, the industry is still incestuous
> enough, in the UK anyway, that if you do it right you only put a CV
> together to keep HR happy.
>
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