![]() “examined alerts from every security tool” – consider adding some additional context: what kind of alerts and what did they lead to? Give me an idea of the work you do and your depth.ī. Here are some examples from recent resumes:Ī. In other words, don’t do a chronological resume, do a functional one. LinkedIn, screens, and interviews should bring the job changes to the surface, but I suggest minimizing the potential for that bias on your resume.Ĥ) Provide more detail: High level statements or job responsibilities are not very useful in a resume. This is because *all other things being equal* (and I cant stress that enough), if you are already using our tools/stack, I can estimate a faster ramp-up and that may make a difference.ģ) Frequent job changes: I know this can be controversial, but my recommendation is simply: if you had frequent job changes in recent times, try to de-emphasize that from your resume because some hiring managers/recruiters will be biased against it. For example, don’t just tell me you have EDR experience, tell me which one(s). Second Category: Content (our candidates were reviewed by humans – I don’t have insights into the machine-driven recruitment process)ġ) There is a great post by Alison Green here that I recommend reviewing, I wont repeat her points as I agree with almost everything and especially that your resume should not be your job description: Ģ) List the technologies you use: This can make a big difference when choosing between 20 candidates to call back. So please consider a public profile, even it is just with basic information. Given the number of applications and speed of hiring these days, I just moved on. About half of folks whose resume I couldn’t read, didn’t have a public profile. Easy fix, save that Word doc as PDF, check formatting is ok, and submit.ģ) Ensure you have a public LinkedIn profile. If I couldn’t see your resume (see above), I would try to check your public LinkedIn profile. I also evaluated many Word-based resumes, but any time a resume didn’t render, it was a Word doc. Sometimes, resumes will show up blank, unreadable. I can’t stress this enough, has happened over multiple roles, two companies, and several different hiring/recruiting systems (greenhouse, icims, etc). Anyone can make a mistake and I won’t disqualify you for that, but multiple errors or gross formatting issues are hard to overlook given the number of applicants.Ģ) Submit your resume as a PDF. Also, this is my personal opinion, it might not reflect reality across the board, but I hope you benefit from some of these observations (some of which you have probably heard about, but I encountered enough times to include in my list)įirst Category: don’t make it easy for us to overlook youġ) Avoid typos and formatting errors: Yes, I saw too much of this. Caveats: I am an information security hiring manager (and have been multiple times), not a recruiter/HR professional. ![]() Given I reviewed 180 applications/resumes (yes, I reviewed them all), I wanted to offer some practical tips for any candidate that is having a hard time getting through in this hot job market. I was fortunate to receive a lot of interest to a recent opening in my team (Cybersecurity focused). I speak about resume/cover letters – if short on time, read the bold items only. TL DR: this is for anyone looking for a job and not getting call-backs, despite the hot job market. ![]()
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