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Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs
From: Kris Boulez <kris.boulez () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:55:34 +0100
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. -- "The only thing Chuck Norris is afraid of, is Brian Blessed." _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Patrick Laverty (Jan 30)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs TheTolik (Jan 30)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Andrew Case (Jan 30)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Tariq Rahman (Jan 31)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Josh More (Jan 31)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs sector876 (Jan 31)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Nick Drage (Feb 05)
- Re: CV for InfoSec Jobs Kris Boulez (Feb 06)