CYBERSECURITY JOB HUNTING GUIDE
Resume templates and help
Author: Stefan Waldvogel
Use templates to create your resume faster
At this point, you have the right knowledge, some certifications, you are ready to work and you are looked at some job offers and picked one. Applying for a job is work and many people struggle with it. You can pay for help, but that is most likely unnecessary.
If you are in a bigger city, the Community College (university) has a career center. The biggest plus is, many times it is free. If not, most Community colleges offer some free classes… if you join, you are a student and you get access to a massive amount of resources, training material, and the internal job market.
I am in Austin, and you get help without being a student. Do you need a free resume review? Do you want to learn how to write a CV, cover letter? They have it: Pro tip:
On the austincc website is a "Career Essentials Guide". It is a 12 pages long pdf and explains all steps in detail including sample resumes. Download and use the "Career Essentials Guide", build your resume draft with it, come back and change small things for your Cybersecurity resume.
You want to see videos about Cybersecurity resumes:
Resumes look very simple and in the US you have to write between 1 and 2 pages. If you have a full LinkedIn profile, you can download it and use it as a blueprint. Try to add your keywords to your resume.
You want additional tips and tricks, watch this video:
You can use free software to write a resume. I use https://flowcv.io/ for it, but you can use MS word. Do not add colors, tables, etc, because an ATS cannot read colors and tables. If you need a table, work with tabs.
You need some free templates:
A free resume builder:
rxresu.me/
If you are in a bigger city, the Community College (university) has a career center. The biggest plus is, many times it is free. If not, most Community colleges offer some free classes… if you join, you are a student and you get access to a massive amount of resources, training material, and the internal job market.
I am in Austin, and you get help without being a student. Do you need a free resume review? Do you want to learn how to write a CV, cover letter? They have it: Pro tip:
On the austincc website is a "Career Essentials Guide". It is a 12 pages long pdf and explains all steps in detail including sample resumes. Download and use the "Career Essentials Guide", build your resume draft with it, come back and change small things for your Cybersecurity resume.
You want to see videos about Cybersecurity resumes:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_u7l-t56g , ← Simply Cybersecurity & Joe Hudson
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZkVY4DSAHc ← The Cybersecurity Mentor / Heath Adams
- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/931173593 ← with Neal Bridges, deep, often opposite opinion to Joe Hudson
Resumes look very simple and in the US you have to write between 1 and 2 pages. If you have a full LinkedIn profile, you can download it and use it as a blueprint. Try to add your keywords to your resume.
You want additional tips and tricks, watch this video:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_u7l-t56g Joe Hudson (Cybersecurity recruiter) and Gerald Auger will talk about Cybersecurity resumes and they will roast some, including the one that I will use in the next section.
You can use free software to write a resume. I use https://flowcv.io/ for it, but you can use MS word. Do not add colors, tables, etc, because an ATS cannot read colors and tables. If you need a table, work with tabs.
You need some free templates:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13KzeaEFfNMLQJ643B3HcEjgFunj01q5m
- www.stratacore.com/rainier-cyber-resume
A free resume builder:
rxresu.me/
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