Episode #19. Career Growth Through Industry Volunteering with Kathleen Smith
“Employee referrals and job boards are the number one and 2 ways of company’s finding their next candidate.”
— Kathleen Smith
Kathleen Smith, CMO for CyberSecJobs.Com and ClearedJobs.Net, has coached thousands of job seekers and employers on how to better connect and work together to achieve the mutual goal of employment.
Kathleen presents at several conferences each year on recruiting and job search. Some of the conferences she has presented at as a sole presenter or moderator include BSidesLV, BSidesTampa, BSidesSATX, DerbyCon, CircleCityCon, FedCyber, and CyberSecureGov. Kathleen is Director of HireGround, BSidesLV’s two-day career track.
During this episode, Kathleen shares how industry volunteering can help career progression within your company. Learn to solve the cybersecurity skills shortage within your organization. Lastly, find out how to promote employee retention with quality security employees in the security market.
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Time Stamps:
00:25 - Kathleen Smith’s introduction and background
02:08 - Uniquely servicing the candidate community
03:08 - Cyber security career survey overview: Talent Shortage
03:34 - “We hear sometimes that there is this talent shortage, but there has not been a shortage of people who are constantly learning about finding better ways to be secure.” - Kathleen Smith
06:49 - Four major job search methods
07:25 - “Employee referrals and job boards are the number one and 2 ways of company’s finding their next candidate.” - Kathleen Smith
10:01 - Why money is a driving force to join particular organisations
12:53 - A survey around community volunteer work
17:25 - Top skills that volunteer learn from volunteering
20:42 - Employee retention in the security industry
22:59 - Advice to employers who are hiring and build new security teams