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From Perception to Reality: Reading Between the Resume Lines |
Abstract
There is a massive disconnect between the “shortage of cyber security professionals” and no one wanting to provide “entry level” positions in cyber security. As the program manager for the Cyber Skills Enrichment Program, in the last year I have reviewed over 500 resumes, interviewed dozens of applicants and worked with the successful 15 applicants to date on the program. On several occasions, despite less than stellar resumes and perceived assumptions about candidates, we interviewed several people who turned out to be shining stars within the program. My talk is designed to challenge the perception of “unskilled”, “not technically skilled enough” and “not suitable” people. I’m asking people to think laterally about what they really need when it comes to finding the right person. Speaker Bio: Paula demonstrates over 30 years in IT in technical support and system admin. For the past 2 years she has been leading the Cyber Security Engineering team at Cyber Audit Team on the Gold Coast. As part of her role, she is also the Program Coordinator for the Cyber Skills Enrichment Program, a work intensive 12 week learning program aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of cyber professionals in southeast Queensland. Paula is an AWSN mentor, one of the Gold Coast chapters leads as well as a SecTalks coordinator. Paula is also currently working on this year's Gold Coast BSides conference in November. Paula passed her CISM exam last year thanks to the Tangible Uplift Program where she is now a volunteer helping other women to successfully pass this certification. Paula is a two time immigrant and is now an Australian citizen. Paula lives with hearing loss, or as her family like to say, just doesn’t listen! In her spare time Paula likes to ... sleep. |
