"diversity of thought and personality"
These areas come up informally and often get talked about, but are rarely written about in the media. So thanks, nice read! I basically retired from IT as it was a thankless plumber-like 'blue-collar grind' (as the mass-media likes to allude to).
But I've often thought about scrubbing up, catching up on security and going back at it, especially now that so many companies / organizations / governments are so heavily exposed. But what's the use, if they still offer so little in return? Just a little respect would go a long way.... Choice quotes...
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.........."Generally, you've got a choice of a job being interesting, legal, or well paid – and you only get to choose two of those."
.........."A lot of ATS systems require the input of a social security and driver's license number," ... "If you're a security person and think 'OK, I'll put my social security and driver's license number in there,' then I'm going to think twice about hiring you to protect my data...
.........."But that cuts both ways, she said, and a lot of applicants will simply bow out when confronted with some unwieldy ATS. By far the worst ATS was the USAJOBS site run by Monster for US government positions, the two agreed, with its essay questions and clunky format."
.........."Instead, employers and potential employees should concentrate on networking first as a way to further career goals. From an employer perspective, firms need to recognize that a lot of gifted security personnel have non-standard resumes. For example, contractor work is generally short term, and having lots of short jobs is a warning sign for some HR departments."
.........."Companies also need to broaden their minds a bit, Having tattoos and piercings doesn't mean someone's a convict any more, and HR departments need to be smart about the interview process – a lot of hackers are socially awkward and won't do well in group interviews."
.........."At the end of the day, however, some people are just unsuited for certain roles, and employers have to accept that. A classic case is the FBI, which has been complaining that it can't hire hacking talent because they don't play by its rules. - "The FBI insists that you become an agent first before going on to its cybersecurity school," O'Brien told The Register. "That's just not going to work for many hackers, either philosophically, or because they have some earlier legal problems, so the FBI has its own rules to blame."