Achieve Your Dream Cyber Security Career with These Tips

[@CyberSherpa]

I apologize for the blinking blue box at 11:50, it seems it did not render out properly.

[@ishwaryanarayan1010]

Great video! Thank you keep doing more videos in cybersecurity path to land a job 👍

[@CyberSherpa]

Thank you for the feedback! I am currently working on my next video. Stay tuned.

[@jmr6955]

Great work man. Truly genuine channel. Finally, someone doesn't sell courses and sells subscriptions.

[@CyberSherpa]

Thank you! My goal is to bring awareness and get more people interested in the cyber security field. But also want to prepare people to the challenges this career field brings.

[@dweler]

We need more free education on KZbin like this.

[@ShenkuMadLion]

Thank you

[@CyberSherpa]

You're welcome

[@jacobwelch5029]

I am stuck in the middle right now trying to switch career paths. I have almost a decade in physical security experience (Federal Prisons) and experience in management and customer service. I decided to make a switch to Cyber by going back to school. I am already in the process of my degree and earning certs. The hardest part for me is knowing where to look. I am a person who learns by doing and am confident in my abilities. My struggle is finding someone who is willing to take a chance on me even though I am still in school. That and how to lay out my resume properly so that I can show I have skills even though I have no IT experience, minus self taught building computers, and that I am still in school.

[@CyberSherpa]

Jacob, This is going to sound crazy, believe it or not...but I also have a corrections background. I worked for DOC for 10 years as a CO and went to school to get my BAS in Cyber Security. So we both come from pretty much identical backgrounds. I made it out and so will you. The struggle was real, juggling a full time job and full time school was not easy. When I was almost through my AAS I was able to get an internship. I started this channel specifically to help people like you, because I was also in the same spot. I will make a video on the topic of how to get your first job/internship and share some strategies. But here is the TL;DR: 1. If your college/university has some sort of Tech/Cyber club I encourage you to join and be a part of it. 2. Reach out to your College/University cyber security coordinator or someone equivalent, at times they get requests from local employers asking for interns. 3. Start looking for an internship that is local and then expand out, as mentioned in the video your first cyber job/internship is very important, this is where you will get the most experience and value. Don't worry about the salary for the first one, get what you can. 4. Look up local cyber security groups online, like meetup.com etc. Join them. Network with people in the community. This is going to be the best way to meet people locally that are in the industry. 5. Build out your linkedin profile, start networking with other students, professors and then expand the network out. 6. I will have a video specific to a resume for cyber. 7. If you haven't subscribed yet, I encourage you to.

[@jacobwelch5029]

Thanks for the info. Luckily got out of prison work and am a manger of a city library. Much easier job while I am working and going to school online full time

[@CyberSherpa]

@@jacobwelch5029 you will get there. The market is kind of bad right now but still possible to get a job in cyber.

[@sergstrue362]

Good job man! but I think each way you have mentioned deserves a separate video.

[@CyberSherpa]

Perhaps...