staffing in a 0% unemployment industry
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Staffing In a “0% Unemployment” Industry
Sean Henry, VP of Staffing Services
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The State of Cyber Security
1,000,000 more jobs than students by 2020
- 90% men / 10% women - (ISC)2
- Jobs that require 10+ years of experience avg. 6-12 months to fill
- Cyber Security was a $75-100 Billion Industry in 2015. Will grow 15% over 5 years.
- Top paying role is a Security Software Engineer at $233k, topping the avg. CISO salary of $225k.
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Challenges in a “0% Unemployment” Market
○What can companies do to compete?
○What should job seekers do to stand out?
What Can Companies Do?
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What Can Companies Do?
○Don’t start interviewing unless you’re ready to make an offer.
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What Can Companies Do?
○Understand that the resume is just a piece of paper and not an actual person
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What Can Companies Do?
○HR and Recruiters use buzzwords to screen. Often they don’t understand or speak cyber security.
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What Can Companies Do?
○Companies must sell the opportunity to candidates, not just ask questions.
○Interviewers must try to connect with the job seeker on a personal level.
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What Can Companies Do?
○Keep the gaps between rounds of interviews short to avoid losing talent due to time
○Be quick to give feedback. The longer a company waits to give feedback, the more the candidate gets turned off.
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What Can Companies Do?
○Most clients say they are “too busy” to interview. If you want to fill your job fast with top talent you need to dedicate time and make interviewing a priority or the job will remain open
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What Can Companies Do?
Stop using years of experience to weed people out. Due to the speed of technology and the
evolving threat landscape, years of experience is not as reliable of an indicator
of competency, as it may be in other careers.
- CSO Online, “Why Information Security Jobs Go Unfilled”, Ben Rothke
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What we see...
● In-person interviews WORK. ● Phone screens do not
work. Candidates are not impressed by phone screens.
● Offer the ability to work from home, even if only occasionally. This is huge for today’s top talent!
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There is no such thing as the “perfect candidate”
● ...if the candidate fits 100% of the skills, they will often leave in 12-18 months, because they have no room to grow.
● ...if the candidate fits 60% of the job requirements and fits your culture, that is the candidate you can hire, train and retain.
What Can Job Seekers Do?
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Be Prepared - Do your research in advance.
Know what the company does.
- Understand the position for which you are interviewing.
- Prepare questions for the interviewer.
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Be Prepared
- Rehearse the “standard interview questions”
- Don’t be too casual. You are being assessed as a potential business partner.
- Dress nicely. Use “please” and “thank you.”
- BE ON TIME!
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Be Truthful- Share your long-term goals,
but never take a job hopingfor a different job.
- If you don’t want the job theyhave, talk through it. Nothing
good will come from taking a job you don’t actually want.
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Be Truthful- Don’t put things on your
resume that aren’t true.
- Everything you write is fair game, so brush up on your own resume in advance.
- Only list languages and skills
you actually know.
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