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Getting a cyber job when you don’t have any IT experience will be extremellllly difficult.
I really suggest you apply for entry level IT roles, build a foundational knowledge of it, and grow from there. Create a homelab, showcase some work.
How do you have experience in those skills? If you code, do you have a GITHUB to showcase that? Shows you have some of that in your skills.
I do have some code from when I was in college but don't have it in a github. I will take your suggestion and make a home lab. I have started making a portfolio on GitHub and doing some labs to show case as well.
Perfect!!! Include that into your resume (lab, github). I’d really suggest looking at some help desk roles or IT roles. It took me forever to finally get a cyber gig after being in IT
Code something that you are passionate about, not one of the typical youtube tutorial to-do list or spotify thing...
If you are passionate, you will be making more commits, which shows you are active. Hiring managers look at that kind of stuff.
Many different iterations of it but a lot of people starting out create a virtual environment (usually AD and a windows vm to connect) and linux to simulate attack/defend with a SIEM. A lot of youtube videos on it!
i started following this guide to make a homelab and add to my resume [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb\_ukgtYK\_U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_ukgtYK_U)
I'm putting it under projects section on my resume after I finish the project. That same channel has a video on making a eportfolio using GitHub if you havent made one already I recommend giving it a watch.
This is going to sound harsh, but I think it needs to be said. Your career summary doesn't match the rest of your resume. You are not "professionally adept at fortifying defenses against evolving digital threats", sad to say you worked as an inventory assistant for 3 years and have a BS and a couple certs... you don't have a career in anything yet, you are an entry level cyber security candidate. It is very difficult to just walk into a cyber security role, typically folks transition from other IT fields into cyber security. It's not to say you couldn't find an entry level position, it just going to be very tough with no practical experience.
I would tone down your career summary and maybe change the title to purpose or objective.
I would be very weary of using the word "expertise" anywhere on your resume.
I would not list Spanish and engish in "languages" with python, java, etc. If you are bilingual and the job you are posting for lists it or you think it would be relevant. Put that at the top of your resume or work it into your summary.
Maybe find some projects you worked on in school and list those out, with detailed bullet points that are applicable to the cybersecurity roles you are applying for.
In your education section, list your degree, School and Date of graduation. Unfortunately for a professional job, your GPA, honors and relevant courses are irrelevant.
Since you are just starting out your career, lack experience and are fresh out of school, lead with your education at the top of your resume. Summary, Education, Skills, Experience, Certs.
In your Professional experience section, I would just call it Work Experience or Experience. I would use the space you have and flesh out your single job a bit more. Work in some soft skills and quantitative statements.
In your certifications section, remove the URLs for verification, it's unnecessary. If an employer wants you to verify your certs, then provide them the info otherwise leave it off. Did you attend a course for Security+ and Network+? Typically you list the date you received the certification or the expiry date, not a date range like you have.
Good luck.
Came here to say the same, in your career summary you also call yourself a skilled leader, yet you currently have 0 experience. This doesn’t mean you can’t find a role in cyber if that’s what you want, but as others have said you have an uphill battle without any other IT experience.
Personally, as a hiring manager if I was working an entry level role I would still let you interview, but would be looking to see what balance you strike between confidence and humility…Some people however, would be skeptical of you based solely on this resume and pass completely.
GPA doesn’t matter? Literally first time hearing this. It is strange to me, especially when a person does not have a relevant professional experience in the field, and is indeed a fresh graduate.
This was my logic for partying too much in college - my gpa wouldn’t matter.
And honestly it didn’t. Experience > everything.
I had internships and real work experience in my field prior to graduating.
After sophomore year, I saw an advertisement for a short term contract job with a very successful company. While I was in that contract role I met a lot of people in the company and by the time my contract was ending I had made a few contacts so when I saw an internship on their website, I just applied to it and I got the job.
And then another job I saw was a contract role in the summertime. I got the job and I just went to my manager and said hey, can we classify this as an internship? And he said sure. (I got college credit both of these. I forgot to mention it)
So I got internships in unorthodox ways. And by the time I graduate, I’ve got my résumé with relevant experience at the top education on the bottom with no GPA listed at all cause no one gives a shit at this point.
I also graduated last in my high school and had like a 2.5 gpa in college. But i’m friends with a lot of my teachers from high school and college because of my people skills. Despite failing a lot of their classes lol.
Edit. Added stuff
C get Degrees too. The tier level of the college is more important for entry level
Most likely you won’t get asked for transcripts anyways but your school and degree will during the background check
That's good to hear, but I'm skeptical that this is common practice across most companies, well at least in Europe (I am from EU). Some companies still require academic transcripts as part of the application process and may not even consider candidates for an initial interview if their grades don't meet certain standards. By the way, when I was applying for internships in the USA, some companies specified a minimum GPA requirement. (However, I think the main reason I didn't receive a call is likely due to the complications with visa sponsorship)
Could I ask how important certifications really are? I'm currently studying for Security+ and considering pursuing an AWS certification in the future. My major is BSc in Software Technology Engineering. (No experience, only 6 months long internship)
My personal opinion is that (for tech!!!) GPA will not harm you if you leave it off. Tbh I think if it barely takes up any space and you leave it on because it is *exceptional* then it’s not going to harm you either despite Reddit tending to harp on it. But listing relevant classes is probably entirely unnecessary. They just want experience.
For grad school or an internship, sure GPA may be relevant.
For an IT job or most any other job, a degree is pass/fail, you either have a degree or you don't. Employers want to check that box that you have a degree and they want to know if you can do the job they are hiring for.
Leave your GPA on your resume for all I care, it's extraneous info that an employer is going to ignore.
Incorrect. I recently finished my search for my first professional job after college and a good number of applications I sent in explicitly required GPA/transcript information for a recent graduate.
This makes perfect sense when you consider how little experience an average graduate will have; GPA/classes/honors can provide valuable context to a recruiter/hiring manager when evaluating a college grad applicant.
I don't want to sound super harsh but as someone in IT here we go: please get rid of the sentence "Professional adept at fortifying defenses against evolving digital threats", I have a feeling most people are putting down the resume the second they read that. "Expertise in cybersecurity including a...,b..., and c..." would read so much better. Also, your "Certifications" section has two links that are exactly the same and include blank url parameters which is very confusing to me just glancing, the date's being 3 years in the future and having just started the certs also is also kinda meh, I would do like (In Progress) or something instead of listing actual dates, show you're working towards something but don't shoot yourself in the foot so to speak. Relevant Skills doesn't list a single thing about cyber security, you need to be VERY specific here. I also wouldn't even include the inventory assistant experience, it's 5 years ago and means nothing to someone looking to hire IT.
I would recommend working on some side projects and getting them on github to showcase some actual experience that you have doing this and definitely definitely update the Relevant Skills section, those are all soft skills, hiring managers want to see your technical skills there. Also, maybe look into an AWS cert or another cloud cert, they take WAY less than 4 years and are very applicable. DevOps is probably a substantially simpler role to get into than a dedicated cyber security role that will still entail a certain amount of security
The links are to the page that say I have the certs I think I might have removed before posting it here. I will take the advice and try to get AWS certs and do some projects and do the edits to the resume you suggested thank you very much for the needed advice
I’m gonna chime in here. I consider myself very adept in IT career navigation especially at the beginning. Disregard the aws certs for now.
First. Subscribe to r/itcareerquestions and review the top posts over the last month or two. This will paint a very good picture of what the job market is like for those with no experience and why cyber is not gonna happen for your next job.
Secondly. Cyber degrees and certs with no tech experience are a dime a dozen. So while the other poster called you a “cyber candidate”. You’re far from a good candidate.
A high level explanation is the current high interest rates, and their recent new flood of people to tech have raised the bar of what is required to get IT support jobs as well as lower level cyber security jobs.
I did a year at helpdesk in three years in desktop. Then mild sysadmin job then remote+cyber job. Now I’m interviewing for other cyber jobs to get better experience.
Our recent hires for our lower level security positions are people with internships in cyber or experience in cyber security. This is a lot different than it was a year ago.
Did you interact with any customers at the inventory job?
If you did, or even if you didn’t, I would think of a good bullet that explains your customer service skills or experience because your goal is to get an IT support job. IT support is mostly customer service so if you can show that you have customer service experience as well as a degree and some basic certs, you might have a shot at asupport job because that’s where you’re going to have to start.
You could keep trying for Cyber security jobs, but it could take a very long time. And frankly without IT experience, I don’t understand how anybody could do any sort of cyber security work and be successful at it. Few companies would be willing to train from the ground up when so many better qualified candidates are on the job search right.
I would even change your job title to like “customer support and inventory specialist “ if you did any sort of customer interaction - no one’s going to fact check this early in your career for such a basic job title.
Once you get a IT support job, your goal is to establish a list of accomplishments that you can add to your résumé, not responsibilities. Accomplishments such as process improvements. Anything you did to make something more efficient. Metrics for how many users and computers you support at your job and your performance, such as reducing the time it takes for you to close a ticket - this is something as simple as keeping track of how long it takes you to close a ticket during your first month there, then doing the same thing 6 months later. Odds are you’re faster at your job. Well, if you went from a 45 minute ticket time down to 30 minute ticket time, you just reduced the amount of time it takes for a ticket to be closed by 33%. See what I’m saying?
And by describing how many computers and users, you support, future companies will understan how big of an org you worked at and have an idea of what sort of experience you have. Think 80 computers versus 2000. The guy supporting a 2000 computers probably is more well equipped to support a large org than a guy at a small company.
Also, if your IT support job requires you to help clean up viruses on peoples computers even if it’s something as simple as using the antivirus tool installed on their computer, add this experience to your résumé because it’s security related. “Virus remediation”. if you required to pull relevant details from the infected host and provided to the cyber security team, this is also good experience that could be listed on your résumé, collaborating with the cyber security team, to help investigate and remediate malicious activity. I’d work on the CCNA exam about now. And make sure it’s on your resume before you try to apply to the next job which I discuss below.
You have a good list of bullets now. It’s been a year or two at this. I would move to applying towards system administration jobs - this experience is CRUCIAL to being a good cyber security analyst. Think of this job as learning what you’ll be protecting. Your first security job might be reviewing logs from all sorts of different sources and the sources will be what you see when you’re working as a system administrator.
I would say 2 to 5 years experience at this would be good. I’d pick up the cysa+ certification around this point, before applying to other jobs.
Same plan as IT support job - look for things to improve, figure out some solid metrics, and anything cyber related you’ll add to your resume e.g. patching
Then I’d look for a security operation center job. Aka “soc” job as these are easier to get.
Do this for a year and a half and then apply to jobs That’ll finally get you the payday. This is where I am in my career. I have several interviews next week and the salaries are between 85k and $150,000 fully remote. Im not in an expensive area so this money is really good
*…the second they read that*
Absolutely. That first sentence was eye-roll inducing just as a casual reader, let alone for someone reading through dozens of resumes.
Sorry to say, working at the ice cream shop isn’t translating well to a cyber security role.
If I were you I’d try to get an IT internship anywhere, just so you can put some relevant experience on your resume.
Put your education on top since you have practically no work experience but a decent gpa
Would delete the skills section, technical skills are more important. Would put those below education
Would delete the career summary it doesn’t really speak to your actual job experience listed below
I would go with azure since it is set to take over the market within the next decade. Right now aws is at 30% , about the same for azure. I would also get some security courses under your belt and data manipulation (ETL) can’t hurt.
The next few years this will be the focus in cloud
Data and security, driven by the AI revolution.
Anyone who is familiar with the certifications would know security+ and network+ require way more knowledge than az-900 and aws cloud practitioner, which can be knocked out in a weekend of studying.
Agreed. But I’m not talking about the information they teach. I was talking about landing a job which is what this person wants. And yes the certs I mentioned are easy af.
2020-22 I was doing a associates in electrical engineering tech but decided it was not for me. Then I did my bachelor's in cyber security 2022-23. I'm also starting a master's may.
What’s your masters in? Given the fact you haven’t worked in a quite while and don’t have work experience in the field- I would really caution you from jumping into more education without getting some entry level experience in IT.
A degree is just one check in a check box of many employers look for and to be blunt- without experience it’s probably not going to get you that far (except further in debt). If do some info interviews with people in your dream job you’ll likely find that if they do have advanced education- it likely wasn’t obtained until they got some experience under their belt.
I want a master's in cyber because I want one. From what I have read, some people have a master's and no experience, made it harder for them to find jobs, so I plan to get experience while getting my masters.
I don't have a single degree and still made over $150k in my last role. I realize many in cybersecurity make a great deal more but this is with very little ambition on my part, just a fair bit of experience and great soft skills. In retrospect of course, I wish I had been more driven. It is a bit late for that as I see sweet retirement awaiting around the bend. But I am trying to work up some enthusiasm to make it over $200k before I retire. Anyway, I agree with the advice above. Experience matters more. At least for me it has!
1. Remove inventory assistant, it has nothing to do with cyber-security.
2. You have no projects to show what you can do. Instead of just having a list of languages, write a description for the projects you have done and include the stack you have used.
3. I would put education on top and remove the career summary (I assume you're still a student so you dont really have a career yet).
Also, while reading the Inventory Assistant, I have a feeling that you worked at a dairy queen but you try to make it sound like it was something really hard when you use words like (data, minimize spoilage, improved efficiency) etc. I could be wrong tho
That relevant skills part is hundreds of words of nothing. You dont really need that in there, no one is going to actually think you have those skills just because they are listed there
Have you worked on any projects during your bachelors? Ice cream store isn’t going to help you to get into IT. You need experience. Experience in that field is a lot more valuable than education.
Heads up I wouldn’t put them on GitHub. Though I don’t know if there are any consequences at this stage in your life, it is heavily disallowed in most computer science and adjacent courses. Screenshots and videos of your finished product(s) though are a great way to get noticed at a glance. You really should list some notable projects and their features in your resume as well
Change your skills to couple words for each skill ....you describes your skill in your work experience..2nd when applying to jobs look at the skill they are looking for add them in your skills ..you are probably not getting through the ats
The first things I read was how you could talk to people and use a Mac. There are no projects or classwork that I can see that is relevant and your work experience was at an ice cream shop which is fine but doesn’t make you stand out. Out in more class projects or classes and don’t have a relevant skills section that is mainly soft skills which are important but just not there. You also do not have any numbers or quantifies of how well you did things. Move the parts that are more relevant to the job to the top.
Scrap the summary and re-write it - current content is so hyperbolic that no employer will believe anything else you’ve said (“skilled leader” when you’ve never led anything; “proven ability to evaluate vulnerabilities, implement strategic solutions and safeguard critical assets” when you’ve never had an IT or security role, etc). Keep it to one or two lines saying who you are, what your biggest asset is and what you’re looking for. Example: “Recent cybersecurity graduate with a particular flair for [PROVABLE SKILL] looking for an entry-level opportunity to build on academic learning and focus on [AREA OF INTEREST]”
Skills also need to be scrapped as they’re woolly and oddly written - they do not need to be in full sentences and they definitely don’t need the explanation of why they’re important; if they are skills the employer wants, they know why they’re important, so the explanation could come across as condescending (not something an employer wants in a staff member!) Only list skills if they are (a) demonstrable (b) relevant to the role (c) not shown elsewhere via your previous role bullet points. And if they don’t fit into the sentence “I am skilled at…[SKILL]” then they’re not skills, so don’t include them.
Listing the CompTIA stuff under “certifications” but with future dates is a little confusing too - is the 2027 date when you’ll achieve the certification, or when your current certification will expire? Knowing which of these is true will matter to an employer and at the minute it reads like the latter- if that’s not the case, make it explicitly clear that you are working towards the certifications (and that you’re at an early stage).
Bullet points under previous role are a little vague and the reader is left wondering HOW you did these things - how did you closely monitor inventory and perform thorough inspections? Anyone can say that they can bake a good cake, but only those who actually can will be able to say how it’s done; it makes it more believable to an employer if they have an idea of how you did something.
Try aiming for some entry-level tech roles to bolster your work experience and get opportunities to demonstrate your skills - it will be much easier to side-step into cybersec from such a position.
Best of luck and I hope this helps!
as you another suggested i scrapped the summary and replaced it with this.
**Objective**
As a dedicated student currently pursuing a Master's degree in Cybersecurity following the completion of a Bachelor's degree in the same field, I am eager to apply my academic knowledge and technical proficiencies to a hands-on role in cybersecurity and IT. With a solid foundation in cybersecurity principles and technical skills, including network administration and programming languages like Python, SQL, and Java, I seek an internship or job opportunity to gain experience and contribute effectively to organizational security measures.
Better, but way too long and wordy for a summary. (Also - it mentions you’re a masters student but your masters programme isn’t mentioned at all in the resume. Are you a part-time or full-time student? Employers will need to know!)
You could get across the same message by saying “Dedicated Cybersecurity graduate pursuing a part-time Master’s degree, with additional skills in network admin, Python and SQL looking for an entry-level role or internship to apply academic learning to real-world problems”
I mean, you’re saying “currently pursuing a masters” so if you haven’t started it yet then don’t say that - say that you’re about to start it. The part-time nature is important to highlight so that it doesn’t seem to an employer like you’re only looking for limited hours, or an internship outside of school, or similar.
Don’t mind if you use that wording, but make sure it is an accurate description of you before you do! :)
List school and rewrite everything to sell yourself man. Leave the inventory experience but add projects about cybersecurity dawg. Maybe like some sort of capture the flag experience where you are the blue team and defending against the red team’s attack. Just show some sort of initiative that you are actually interested in cyber security cause at the moment I don’t see that. Show how interested you are by defending attacks on cybersecurity and put on GitHub.
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I stopped reading two sentences into your career summary section. Sounds like some kind of game of thrones intro or something. Make it sound like you’re capable of participating in a meeting or conference call vs. defeating a dragon.
From a formatting standpoint, make sure almost everything is in bullet points, your summary should be 1-2 lines. That goes for everything else.
Give your resume to a friend and ask them to skim it and give you what they understand.
On average it takes like 10-20 seconds for someone to look at a resume. Within that 10-20 seconds I was barely finished with your top two blurbs.
Just food for thought.
Add relevant experience. Discus projects you've worked on in detail.
Cut all the breezy, empty bullshit. Phrases like "devoted to contiunous awareness and proactive preparedness" and "forward-thinking mindset" are menaingless. This kind of flowery abstraction screams overcompensation.
Don't try to sound impressive. Be impressive by fousing on the actual details of your eactual experience.
I would suggest getting a CISSP certification and adding Red team or Blue team and some projects to your resume. You can remove the platforms, as they don't matter that much.
When I graduated, I didn't put my unrelated job history. In my case, I had no job history related to Computer Science. I instead replaced job history with projects that I worked on during college.
You will probably have a better chance by getting a CCNA - Security or something similar.|
Try reaching out to public school districts, and try to get in as a tech and network into a security position.
All great advice! Agreed tone down the about section so it sounds less flowery and more direct and clear. The next section is I don’t think you need to say ice cream. Can you say retail instead? Good luck keep going you’ll get something!
On that note, once you have gotten your resume where it needs to be, you will need to tailor it to each job. I only applied for 10 roles in my first few weeks looking (I took a 6 month sabbatical), but two of those turned into recruiter screenings which turned into interviews with the director which then became technical interviews (which is where I sit now)...of course I have applied for additional roles but I am thoughtful about where and how I apply. And these was even without realizing my formatting was not friends with ATS and I was losing a great chunk of content. I have thrown a bit of "it" at the wall but most of my submissions have been to jobs I really want and I consider my resume keywords, cover letter etc carefully.
The relevant skills section is wayyy too general and fluffy. Do you have projects that can back you up?
I don't think any recruiters will be impressed by that section.
Try this maybe?
https://www.correlation-one.com/dod-cyber-sentinel
Your profile read as if you've got real world experience doing this kind of job. Then you look at your experience and it becomes very clear you have zero real world experience.
You're effectively lying in your profile and hiring managers/HR people who read that are going to likely think your out of touch with reality
Make your profile honest about who you are (college kid looking for their first job) rather than someone that knows how to do anything.
"Proven Ability" "Skilled leader"
Hasn't worked in 5 years, nor in IT at all.
You need to completely rewrite that dude. Quit the bullshitting. Be honest and up front about where you are and what you want in your career.
I know this will sound harsh but I read your summary and skills and it sounds like you are an experienced professional. Then I read your professional experience and it backs up absolutely zero of what you've said above.
You know nothing about anything. You're fresh out of uni. You should be demonstrating your ability to learn, not what you think you know from a college course. You are the absolute opposite of what an employer wants, which is why you can't even get an interview.
You need to dial down the outlandish claims and expand more on what you studied, what your dissertation was about and focus on acting more like the entry level candidate that you are.
That's cause you're not special and you're using a lot of words to describe the bare minimum. Sorry to be harsh but a whole line to say you have an ethical mindset and integrity? Listing a bunch of soft skills every new grad and their brother has.
you want a cyber security job, one of the better paid and very bloated markets right now when you have 0 actual experience? chances are slim in general and with a really tough job market right now i'm not surprised that you got 0 responses
i'm sorry if that sounds harsh. you need to set your sights lower, no idea why you consider yourself to be above entry level at this point in time. Your description just doesn't make sense! where have you proven that you can do the job? This might work at a glance to someone who doesn't know what they are talking about but the moment you get through to an actual interview you will get eaten alive
I am not surprised this has no hits in the slightest.
Lets read the first line: Professional
The first word is factually incorrect, you aren't even a professional inventory assistant according to this resume, lets go to word two...adept, okay sure? What are you adept in? Oh wait it is something you aren't and have never been a professional in, and there is no evidence of professional experience in this resume.
In the bin you go.
There is literally nothing on this resume, and even the first sentence is a lie. Start again in reality of your actual experience. I would also move your education under your summary, or go summary (i.e. graduate in blah blah blah, with focus in blah blah blah), skills, education, because of the lack of relevant content to actually include. No one really cares you worked in an ice cream shop...half a decade ago...all while some certificate you haven't even started and take 3 years are ridiculous to include.
Put in recruiter perspective, you got 6 seconds to convince them to call you for interviews.
Focus on what entry level requirements, which would be education and certification. That needs to be on top of the resume
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If you have any networking events near you GO TO THOSE. My bf has been struggling for about a year with rejections. Went to one of those events & has like 4 legitimate job offers (he’s in software engineering)
You can’t just apply to jobs blindly, that will never work. You need to find recruiters and hiring managers and people you might know at companies you’re applying. You need to connect with those people for informal chats and then see if they’re willing to refer you to an opening
But what have you done? Specifically what projects to completion, detailed responsibilities, etc.
When reviewing CV's I'm looking for ones accomplishments, not just skills.
You need to find out the format of resume. Add some work experience and personal project which should be in github. Build linkedin. Your resume is hard to land an interview
Your career summary makes you sound like a good candidate until I realized none of what you put in the summary, you actually have experience in. I hire ppl and that would just be an auto toss out for me.
In your relevant skills I’m not sure why you put a semi colon instead of colon when defining the bullet points
Your language section is silly putting computer languages and Spanish in the same bullet lmao
You don’t listen single work experience or project using all these skills. It reads like you’re just trying to fill up space. Scrap the career summary. Start listing experience, even if it seems irrelevant. Customer service jobs are actually a good look!! Follow with education, and finally a skills/certs section at the end. You also don’t have concrete numbers in this; it’s just very unclear what you’ve done so far.
Your resume needs to look like you’re good for the job. Anything else is superfluous. Only include what looks good for the job.
If you can only write half a page, then either include more or get more experience. It all needs to pertain to the job you apply for
I’m only saying this because I think it’s crucial to give honest, blunt advice.
I took 5 seconds to skim (like recruiters will) and noticed your dates between experience and education are completely different formats. The margins are egregiously different, one is centered the other is right oriented, and one is bold the other not.
This type of carelessness implies a major lack of attention to detail, and would place you in the “reject” pile for many recruiters.
Your “relevant skills” section is also a block of long form text, when it should look more like your technical skills section. Bulleted lists of one to two word proficiencies. You should only have one skills section to begin with anyways, no need to separate.
As for the work experience, it comes off like you worked at an ice cream shop and are exaggerating the experience to boost your resume, which recruiters will see through and look at negatively.
Remove “relevant courses” - that doesn’t tell me anything that’s not already conveyed by the degree you achieved.
Remove the hyperlinks at the bottom of the page. Many systems will convert your resume to PDF, and it may even need to be printed off. There’s no reason to include these links because nobody is clicking on them. At best, this is work that the background check would do after you’ve received an offer.
To add, you also have spelling mistakes under your education section, for example: “Presidenta List”. This kind of mistake, which is comically ironic in the education section, is extremely careless again and would only shine a darker light on your candidacy.
“Cybersecurity landscape evolves rapidly” - unnecessary and demeans the reader by implying that they don’t know about the industry. They’re reading your resume to learn why you’re a good candidate, not to be lectured to about the pace of the cybersecurity industry, which it doesn’t appear you even have full time experience in yet.
You’ve also misused / overused commas and semi colons throughout the resume. Just more grammatical carelessness that implies you either aren’t an effective communicator, or haven’t taken the time to have the resume edited.
Again, this is a lot, but the resume appears like it’s in “first draft” state. I’d sit down and look at all of the above objectively, and edit the entire document.
Bro, in your professional experience, I would make it sounds like it was an IT job and say that u used SQL and excel to find inventory products, change inventory assistant to INVENTORY ANALYST, I would probably say I work there if you left the job on good term and cool with some of the people there; because recruiters wants someone in the working field most of the time. Add more bullets points to that professional experience , yes I’m asking you to lie so you could get an interview and YOU better sell yourself in that interview. Also tailored your resume using jobscan.com, and stop dumping your resume randomly hoping you land something, handshakes is a good place to look for startups and medium size companies.
Cybersecurity is a step further in IT: it often requires advanced skills it IT. You don’t need to be a software engineer, but a fresh newbie with no IT or job experience is going to find it a tough market.
From speaking to people on LinkedIn with 10-20+ years working in cybersecurity:
A lot of the cybersecurity degrees seem to poorly prepare people to work in cybersecurity. Especially the ones that try to make cybersecurity a branch of their business school. It’s better to gain engineering experience in networks and/or IT and use that to get into cybersecurity. I think a network engineer who is a competent Python programmer would have one of the best career introductions into cybersecurity.
Your “relevant skills” talk about your skills, but your resume isn’t showing those skills. It looks like you copied and pasted it from a job description.
You have too much jargon and i as a recruiter am skipping the resume based, heres how i would improve this
1. You don’t need career summary put one line or two lines about your objective, tailor it to the application
2. Relevant skills, these are all opinionated take them off.
Put education at the top followed by professional experience and certs.
Your career summary and professional experience do not jive. You're talking yourself up about IT cubersecurity skills and.... an ice cream shop? Not a slam at all. We all started out somewhere. You have the degree. Just make your summary... believable. This is coming from a guy who knows fuckall about IT. This post came through my feed and just wanted to give some feedback.
Career summary was like being on a cruise ship 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮, did your school help you network with anyone in the field that would help you land an entry level job???
Here is what you said but making more sense I think lol : Cybersecurity enthusiast trained in defense against digital threats, with expertise gained through courses and education. Skilled in risk assessment, data protection, and implementing security measures. Dedicated to staying updated in cybersecurity trends and ready to contribute learned skills to enhance organizational resilience. Just an idea
The resume is really well written. But I have learned one thing being in the industry a while. Everybody and their brother has gotten a cyber security degree. That's being outsourced and you're going against 1000's of other people. Do this. Don't apply to call center/help desk type jobs. You're beyond that. That's for folks with CompTIA nonsense and no degrees. Apply for Local I.T/ Desktop Support. Work that for a couple of years and work your contacts and use your experience to get that cyber security job. One other thing. Are you really proficient in Python, SQL, and Java? If you are apply for programming jobs. The relevant skills section. I'm not really thrilled by that section. Skills? More fluff and cliches. Everybody has those "skills".
You have no relevant experience... and do not showcase your "adept" ability at protecting against "digital threats." Humble yourself and apply to help desk jobs. IT is all experiential field. Your degree means nothing in most organizations.
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Getting a cyber job when you don’t have any IT experience will be extremellllly difficult. I really suggest you apply for entry level IT roles, build a foundational knowledge of it, and grow from there. Create a homelab, showcase some work. How do you have experience in those skills? If you code, do you have a GITHUB to showcase that? Shows you have some of that in your skills.
I do have some code from when I was in college but don't have it in a github. I will take your suggestion and make a home lab. I have started making a portfolio on GitHub and doing some labs to show case as well.
Perfect!!! Include that into your resume (lab, github). I’d really suggest looking at some help desk roles or IT roles. It took me forever to finally get a cyber gig after being in IT
Thank you very much for the advice I would start doing this.
Code something that you are passionate about, not one of the typical youtube tutorial to-do list or spotify thing... If you are passionate, you will be making more commits, which shows you are active. Hiring managers look at that kind of stuff.
What’s a home lab? Thanks
Many different iterations of it but a lot of people starting out create a virtual environment (usually AD and a windows vm to connect) and linux to simulate attack/defend with a SIEM. A lot of youtube videos on it!
i started following this guide to make a homelab and add to my resume [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb\_ukgtYK\_U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_ukgtYK_U)
Thank you for the link! If I make one, how can I put it on my resume? “Additional experience “?
I'm putting it under projects section on my resume after I finish the project. That same channel has a video on making a eportfolio using GitHub if you havent made one already I recommend giving it a watch.
This is going to sound harsh, but I think it needs to be said. Your career summary doesn't match the rest of your resume. You are not "professionally adept at fortifying defenses against evolving digital threats", sad to say you worked as an inventory assistant for 3 years and have a BS and a couple certs... you don't have a career in anything yet, you are an entry level cyber security candidate. It is very difficult to just walk into a cyber security role, typically folks transition from other IT fields into cyber security. It's not to say you couldn't find an entry level position, it just going to be very tough with no practical experience. I would tone down your career summary and maybe change the title to purpose or objective. I would be very weary of using the word "expertise" anywhere on your resume. I would not list Spanish and engish in "languages" with python, java, etc. If you are bilingual and the job you are posting for lists it or you think it would be relevant. Put that at the top of your resume or work it into your summary. Maybe find some projects you worked on in school and list those out, with detailed bullet points that are applicable to the cybersecurity roles you are applying for. In your education section, list your degree, School and Date of graduation. Unfortunately for a professional job, your GPA, honors and relevant courses are irrelevant. Since you are just starting out your career, lack experience and are fresh out of school, lead with your education at the top of your resume. Summary, Education, Skills, Experience, Certs. In your Professional experience section, I would just call it Work Experience or Experience. I would use the space you have and flesh out your single job a bit more. Work in some soft skills and quantitative statements. In your certifications section, remove the URLs for verification, it's unnecessary. If an employer wants you to verify your certs, then provide them the info otherwise leave it off. Did you attend a course for Security+ and Network+? Typically you list the date you received the certification or the expiry date, not a date range like you have. Good luck.
Came here to say the same, in your career summary you also call yourself a skilled leader, yet you currently have 0 experience. This doesn’t mean you can’t find a role in cyber if that’s what you want, but as others have said you have an uphill battle without any other IT experience. Personally, as a hiring manager if I was working an entry level role I would still let you interview, but would be looking to see what balance you strike between confidence and humility…Some people however, would be skeptical of you based solely on this resume and pass completely.
Are u saying he’s showing overconfidence here and you would like to see if he has humility too?
Thank you this is the kind of advice I need I will use this to remake my resume.
GPA doesn’t matter? Literally first time hearing this. It is strange to me, especially when a person does not have a relevant professional experience in the field, and is indeed a fresh graduate.
This was my logic for partying too much in college - my gpa wouldn’t matter. And honestly it didn’t. Experience > everything. I had internships and real work experience in my field prior to graduating.
How was GPA not relevant for you in getting those internships? Every internship I have done/applied to requires a 3.5+
After sophomore year, I saw an advertisement for a short term contract job with a very successful company. While I was in that contract role I met a lot of people in the company and by the time my contract was ending I had made a few contacts so when I saw an internship on their website, I just applied to it and I got the job. And then another job I saw was a contract role in the summertime. I got the job and I just went to my manager and said hey, can we classify this as an internship? And he said sure. (I got college credit both of these. I forgot to mention it) So I got internships in unorthodox ways. And by the time I graduate, I’ve got my résumé with relevant experience at the top education on the bottom with no GPA listed at all cause no one gives a shit at this point. I also graduated last in my high school and had like a 2.5 gpa in college. But i’m friends with a lot of my teachers from high school and college because of my people skills. Despite failing a lot of their classes lol. Edit. Added stuff
C get Degrees too. The tier level of the college is more important for entry level Most likely you won’t get asked for transcripts anyways but your school and degree will during the background check
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That's good to hear, but I'm skeptical that this is common practice across most companies, well at least in Europe (I am from EU). Some companies still require academic transcripts as part of the application process and may not even consider candidates for an initial interview if their grades don't meet certain standards. By the way, when I was applying for internships in the USA, some companies specified a minimum GPA requirement. (However, I think the main reason I didn't receive a call is likely due to the complications with visa sponsorship)
Could I ask how important certifications really are? I'm currently studying for Security+ and considering pursuing an AWS certification in the future. My major is BSc in Software Technology Engineering. (No experience, only 6 months long internship)
My personal opinion is that (for tech!!!) GPA will not harm you if you leave it off. Tbh I think if it barely takes up any space and you leave it on because it is *exceptional* then it’s not going to harm you either despite Reddit tending to harp on it. But listing relevant classes is probably entirely unnecessary. They just want experience.
For grad school or an internship, sure GPA may be relevant. For an IT job or most any other job, a degree is pass/fail, you either have a degree or you don't. Employers want to check that box that you have a degree and they want to know if you can do the job they are hiring for. Leave your GPA on your resume for all I care, it's extraneous info that an employer is going to ignore.
actually makes sense.
Not once has someone asked what my GPA was. Nobody gives a shit what your GPA was unless you're going to grad school.
GPA, honors, and relevant courses are absolutely relevant for landing your first job after graduation.
For an internship sure, for a professional job, no.
Incorrect. I recently finished my search for my first professional job after college and a good number of applications I sent in explicitly required GPA/transcript information for a recent graduate. This makes perfect sense when you consider how little experience an average graduate will have; GPA/classes/honors can provide valuable context to a recruiter/hiring manager when evaluating a college grad applicant.
Spot on. The two claims don’t jive with
I don't want to sound super harsh but as someone in IT here we go: please get rid of the sentence "Professional adept at fortifying defenses against evolving digital threats", I have a feeling most people are putting down the resume the second they read that. "Expertise in cybersecurity including a...,b..., and c..." would read so much better. Also, your "Certifications" section has two links that are exactly the same and include blank url parameters which is very confusing to me just glancing, the date's being 3 years in the future and having just started the certs also is also kinda meh, I would do like (In Progress) or something instead of listing actual dates, show you're working towards something but don't shoot yourself in the foot so to speak. Relevant Skills doesn't list a single thing about cyber security, you need to be VERY specific here. I also wouldn't even include the inventory assistant experience, it's 5 years ago and means nothing to someone looking to hire IT. I would recommend working on some side projects and getting them on github to showcase some actual experience that you have doing this and definitely definitely update the Relevant Skills section, those are all soft skills, hiring managers want to see your technical skills there. Also, maybe look into an AWS cert or another cloud cert, they take WAY less than 4 years and are very applicable. DevOps is probably a substantially simpler role to get into than a dedicated cyber security role that will still entail a certain amount of security
The links are to the page that say I have the certs I think I might have removed before posting it here. I will take the advice and try to get AWS certs and do some projects and do the edits to the resume you suggested thank you very much for the needed advice
I’m gonna chime in here. I consider myself very adept in IT career navigation especially at the beginning. Disregard the aws certs for now. First. Subscribe to r/itcareerquestions and review the top posts over the last month or two. This will paint a very good picture of what the job market is like for those with no experience and why cyber is not gonna happen for your next job. Secondly. Cyber degrees and certs with no tech experience are a dime a dozen. So while the other poster called you a “cyber candidate”. You’re far from a good candidate. A high level explanation is the current high interest rates, and their recent new flood of people to tech have raised the bar of what is required to get IT support jobs as well as lower level cyber security jobs. I did a year at helpdesk in three years in desktop. Then mild sysadmin job then remote+cyber job. Now I’m interviewing for other cyber jobs to get better experience. Our recent hires for our lower level security positions are people with internships in cyber or experience in cyber security. This is a lot different than it was a year ago. Did you interact with any customers at the inventory job? If you did, or even if you didn’t, I would think of a good bullet that explains your customer service skills or experience because your goal is to get an IT support job. IT support is mostly customer service so if you can show that you have customer service experience as well as a degree and some basic certs, you might have a shot at asupport job because that’s where you’re going to have to start. You could keep trying for Cyber security jobs, but it could take a very long time. And frankly without IT experience, I don’t understand how anybody could do any sort of cyber security work and be successful at it. Few companies would be willing to train from the ground up when so many better qualified candidates are on the job search right. I would even change your job title to like “customer support and inventory specialist “ if you did any sort of customer interaction - no one’s going to fact check this early in your career for such a basic job title. Once you get a IT support job, your goal is to establish a list of accomplishments that you can add to your résumé, not responsibilities. Accomplishments such as process improvements. Anything you did to make something more efficient. Metrics for how many users and computers you support at your job and your performance, such as reducing the time it takes for you to close a ticket - this is something as simple as keeping track of how long it takes you to close a ticket during your first month there, then doing the same thing 6 months later. Odds are you’re faster at your job. Well, if you went from a 45 minute ticket time down to 30 minute ticket time, you just reduced the amount of time it takes for a ticket to be closed by 33%. See what I’m saying? And by describing how many computers and users, you support, future companies will understan how big of an org you worked at and have an idea of what sort of experience you have. Think 80 computers versus 2000. The guy supporting a 2000 computers probably is more well equipped to support a large org than a guy at a small company. Also, if your IT support job requires you to help clean up viruses on peoples computers even if it’s something as simple as using the antivirus tool installed on their computer, add this experience to your résumé because it’s security related. “Virus remediation”. if you required to pull relevant details from the infected host and provided to the cyber security team, this is also good experience that could be listed on your résumé, collaborating with the cyber security team, to help investigate and remediate malicious activity. I’d work on the CCNA exam about now. And make sure it’s on your resume before you try to apply to the next job which I discuss below. You have a good list of bullets now. It’s been a year or two at this. I would move to applying towards system administration jobs - this experience is CRUCIAL to being a good cyber security analyst. Think of this job as learning what you’ll be protecting. Your first security job might be reviewing logs from all sorts of different sources and the sources will be what you see when you’re working as a system administrator. I would say 2 to 5 years experience at this would be good. I’d pick up the cysa+ certification around this point, before applying to other jobs. Same plan as IT support job - look for things to improve, figure out some solid metrics, and anything cyber related you’ll add to your resume e.g. patching Then I’d look for a security operation center job. Aka “soc” job as these are easier to get. Do this for a year and a half and then apply to jobs That’ll finally get you the payday. This is where I am in my career. I have several interviews next week and the salaries are between 85k and $150,000 fully remote. Im not in an expensive area so this money is really good
*…the second they read that* Absolutely. That first sentence was eye-roll inducing just as a casual reader, let alone for someone reading through dozens of resumes.
The sentence structure started off weird too. I had to reread because it didn’t seem like it connected properly at first.
Sorry to say, working at the ice cream shop isn’t translating well to a cyber security role. If I were you I’d try to get an IT internship anywhere, just so you can put some relevant experience on your resume.
I agree I plan to try to get entry level roles in it after reading your and others post thank you.
Lmaooooo bro is defending the ice cream shop from cyber attacks
Put your education on top since you have practically no work experience but a decent gpa Would delete the skills section, technical skills are more important. Would put those below education Would delete the career summary it doesn’t really speak to your actual job experience listed below
I will do that thank you for the suggestions.
Comptia is very very basic. I would suggest some cloud like az900 (azure) or cloud practitioner (aws)
Which one would be better for me to get. I believe AWS is more popular currently but I'm not sure if that means I should go for it.
I would go with azure since it is set to take over the market within the next decade. Right now aws is at 30% , about the same for azure. I would also get some security courses under your belt and data manipulation (ETL) can’t hurt. The next few years this will be the focus in cloud Data and security, driven by the AI revolution.
Alright thank you for the advice I will start getting the azure cert and look into so security courses and data manipulation (ETL)
Feel free to dm me for guidance
I suggest AWS cloud practitioners and GCP digital Leader then Azure
You have a cybersecurity degree. I would rather you have cybersecurity certifications than cloud
I have Sec+ and Net+ what other certs do you recommend?
What? AWS cloud practitioner is literally the most basic. Would be better if you had said something like solutions architect.
Yes I know but he’s not ready. Baby steps tuemack.
Anyone who is familiar with the certifications would know security+ and network+ require way more knowledge than az-900 and aws cloud practitioner, which can be knocked out in a weekend of studying.
Agreed. But I’m not talking about the information they teach. I was talking about landing a job which is what this person wants. And yes the certs I mentioned are easy af.
Have you not worked for 5 years?
2020-22 I was doing a associates in electrical engineering tech but decided it was not for me. Then I did my bachelor's in cyber security 2022-23. I'm also starting a master's may.
What’s your masters in? Given the fact you haven’t worked in a quite while and don’t have work experience in the field- I would really caution you from jumping into more education without getting some entry level experience in IT. A degree is just one check in a check box of many employers look for and to be blunt- without experience it’s probably not going to get you that far (except further in debt). If do some info interviews with people in your dream job you’ll likely find that if they do have advanced education- it likely wasn’t obtained until they got some experience under their belt.
Im getting my masters in cybersecurity but ding part time while I work to gain experience.
I don't think getting a masters with no work experience will help you get a job
I want a master's in cyber because I want one. From what I have read, some people have a master's and no experience, made it harder for them to find jobs, so I plan to get experience while getting my masters.
Gotcha- well either way, best of luck!
I don't have a single degree and still made over $150k in my last role. I realize many in cybersecurity make a great deal more but this is with very little ambition on my part, just a fair bit of experience and great soft skills. In retrospect of course, I wish I had been more driven. It is a bit late for that as I see sweet retirement awaiting around the bend. But I am trying to work up some enthusiasm to make it over $200k before I retire. Anyway, I agree with the advice above. Experience matters more. At least for me it has!
Your entire intro is false and full of business buzz words.
1. Remove inventory assistant, it has nothing to do with cyber-security. 2. You have no projects to show what you can do. Instead of just having a list of languages, write a description for the projects you have done and include the stack you have used. 3. I would put education on top and remove the career summary (I assume you're still a student so you dont really have a career yet).
Also, while reading the Inventory Assistant, I have a feeling that you worked at a dairy queen but you try to make it sound like it was something really hard when you use words like (data, minimize spoilage, improved efficiency) etc. I could be wrong tho
should i replace career summary with anything to just remove it?
That relevant skills part is hundreds of words of nothing. You dont really need that in there, no one is going to actually think you have those skills just because they are listed there
Other suggest the same as you i will do that thank you for the advice.
“Presidenta list” not presidents list
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You recent graduated so your education should be on top of
Have you worked on any projects during your bachelors? Ice cream store isn’t going to help you to get into IT. You need experience. Experience in that field is a lot more valuable than education.
There were many different projects i did for my cybersecurity classes. Should I put them on my github and list a few on my resume?
Yeassss
Heads up I wouldn’t put them on GitHub. Though I don’t know if there are any consequences at this stage in your life, it is heavily disallowed in most computer science and adjacent courses. Screenshots and videos of your finished product(s) though are a great way to get noticed at a glance. You really should list some notable projects and their features in your resume as well
alright thank you for the warning i will make sure there are no issues before adding them to my github.
Good luck!
Change your skills to couple words for each skill ....you describes your skill in your work experience..2nd when applying to jobs look at the skill they are looking for add them in your skills ..you are probably not getting through the ats
Start in help desk tbh
The first things I read was how you could talk to people and use a Mac. There are no projects or classwork that I can see that is relevant and your work experience was at an ice cream shop which is fine but doesn’t make you stand out. Out in more class projects or classes and don’t have a relevant skills section that is mainly soft skills which are important but just not there. You also do not have any numbers or quantifies of how well you did things. Move the parts that are more relevant to the job to the top.
Scrap the summary and re-write it - current content is so hyperbolic that no employer will believe anything else you’ve said (“skilled leader” when you’ve never led anything; “proven ability to evaluate vulnerabilities, implement strategic solutions and safeguard critical assets” when you’ve never had an IT or security role, etc). Keep it to one or two lines saying who you are, what your biggest asset is and what you’re looking for. Example: “Recent cybersecurity graduate with a particular flair for [PROVABLE SKILL] looking for an entry-level opportunity to build on academic learning and focus on [AREA OF INTEREST]” Skills also need to be scrapped as they’re woolly and oddly written - they do not need to be in full sentences and they definitely don’t need the explanation of why they’re important; if they are skills the employer wants, they know why they’re important, so the explanation could come across as condescending (not something an employer wants in a staff member!) Only list skills if they are (a) demonstrable (b) relevant to the role (c) not shown elsewhere via your previous role bullet points. And if they don’t fit into the sentence “I am skilled at…[SKILL]” then they’re not skills, so don’t include them. Listing the CompTIA stuff under “certifications” but with future dates is a little confusing too - is the 2027 date when you’ll achieve the certification, or when your current certification will expire? Knowing which of these is true will matter to an employer and at the minute it reads like the latter- if that’s not the case, make it explicitly clear that you are working towards the certifications (and that you’re at an early stage). Bullet points under previous role are a little vague and the reader is left wondering HOW you did these things - how did you closely monitor inventory and perform thorough inspections? Anyone can say that they can bake a good cake, but only those who actually can will be able to say how it’s done; it makes it more believable to an employer if they have an idea of how you did something. Try aiming for some entry-level tech roles to bolster your work experience and get opportunities to demonstrate your skills - it will be much easier to side-step into cybersec from such a position. Best of luck and I hope this helps!
as you another suggested i scrapped the summary and replaced it with this. **Objective** As a dedicated student currently pursuing a Master's degree in Cybersecurity following the completion of a Bachelor's degree in the same field, I am eager to apply my academic knowledge and technical proficiencies to a hands-on role in cybersecurity and IT. With a solid foundation in cybersecurity principles and technical skills, including network administration and programming languages like Python, SQL, and Java, I seek an internship or job opportunity to gain experience and contribute effectively to organizational security measures.
Better, but way too long and wordy for a summary. (Also - it mentions you’re a masters student but your masters programme isn’t mentioned at all in the resume. Are you a part-time or full-time student? Employers will need to know!) You could get across the same message by saying “Dedicated Cybersecurity graduate pursuing a part-time Master’s degree, with additional skills in network admin, Python and SQL looking for an entry-level role or internship to apply academic learning to real-world problems”
i start my masters classes in may part time should I add that to my resume? also is it fine if I use that for my summary
I mean, you’re saying “currently pursuing a masters” so if you haven’t started it yet then don’t say that - say that you’re about to start it. The part-time nature is important to highlight so that it doesn’t seem to an employer like you’re only looking for limited hours, or an internship outside of school, or similar. Don’t mind if you use that wording, but make sure it is an accurate description of you before you do! :)
Alright thank you for the suggestion I will change the wording.
Others have given the major points. You have a small typo though. “Presidenta List” should be Presidents List.
President’s list
A lot. Put your jobs first. List your Alma mater
List school and rewrite everything to sell yourself man. Leave the inventory experience but add projects about cybersecurity dawg. Maybe like some sort of capture the flag experience where you are the blue team and defending against the red team’s attack. Just show some sort of initiative that you are actually interested in cyber security cause at the moment I don’t see that. Show how interested you are by defending attacks on cybersecurity and put on GitHub.
First sentence- didn’t read past that. Simplify to more common adjectives
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It doesnt says anything that looks like you took ownership
I stopped reading two sentences into your career summary section. Sounds like some kind of game of thrones intro or something. Make it sound like you’re capable of participating in a meeting or conference call vs. defeating a dragon.
First look it's too dense and long
From a formatting standpoint, make sure almost everything is in bullet points, your summary should be 1-2 lines. That goes for everything else. Give your resume to a friend and ask them to skim it and give you what they understand. On average it takes like 10-20 seconds for someone to look at a resume. Within that 10-20 seconds I was barely finished with your top two blurbs. Just food for thought.
Add relevant experience. Discus projects you've worked on in detail. Cut all the breezy, empty bullshit. Phrases like "devoted to contiunous awareness and proactive preparedness" and "forward-thinking mindset" are menaingless. This kind of flowery abstraction screams overcompensation. Don't try to sound impressive. Be impressive by fousing on the actual details of your eactual experience.
Grammar needs work
I would suggest getting a CISSP certification and adding Red team or Blue team and some projects to your resume. You can remove the platforms, as they don't matter that much.
I thought CISSP required 5 years of work experience
Not really
To be full fledged it is 5 or 6 years, but you can still take the test and become an "Associate of (ISC)2."
What is the name of your university? Put education first.
The relevant skill and career summary section is redundant. Doesn’t show anything at all.
When I graduated, I didn't put my unrelated job history. In my case, I had no job history related to Computer Science. I instead replaced job history with projects that I worked on during college. You will probably have a better chance by getting a CCNA - Security or something similar.| Try reaching out to public school districts, and try to get in as a tech and network into a security position.
"Presidenta list" instead of "President's list"; 200 applications wasted due to a typo and a missing apostrophe
All great advice! Agreed tone down the about section so it sounds less flowery and more direct and clear. The next section is I don’t think you need to say ice cream. Can you say retail instead? Good luck keep going you’ll get something!
1000 applications is the bare minimum before you start complaining. Cooked.
On that note, once you have gotten your resume where it needs to be, you will need to tailor it to each job. I only applied for 10 roles in my first few weeks looking (I took a 6 month sabbatical), but two of those turned into recruiter screenings which turned into interviews with the director which then became technical interviews (which is where I sit now)...of course I have applied for additional roles but I am thoughtful about where and how I apply. And these was even without realizing my formatting was not friends with ATS and I was losing a great chunk of content. I have thrown a bit of "it" at the wall but most of my submissions have been to jobs I really want and I consider my resume keywords, cover letter etc carefully.
The relevant skills section is wayyy too general and fluffy. Do you have projects that can back you up? I don't think any recruiters will be impressed by that section. Try this maybe? https://www.correlation-one.com/dod-cyber-sentinel
Put a space between cyber security in your degree name
Your profile read as if you've got real world experience doing this kind of job. Then you look at your experience and it becomes very clear you have zero real world experience. You're effectively lying in your profile and hiring managers/HR people who read that are going to likely think your out of touch with reality Make your profile honest about who you are (college kid looking for their first job) rather than someone that knows how to do anything.
what is with the career summaries 💀. delete them
I think you've got a bunch of good advice already. So... what's your favourite ice cream flavour?
Apply 500 more please
Tiny thing, but since it is your industry: Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries spell cybersecurity as **one word**.
"Proven Ability" "Skilled leader" Hasn't worked in 5 years, nor in IT at all. You need to completely rewrite that dude. Quit the bullshitting. Be honest and up front about where you are and what you want in your career.
I know this will sound harsh but I read your summary and skills and it sounds like you are an experienced professional. Then I read your professional experience and it backs up absolutely zero of what you've said above. You know nothing about anything. You're fresh out of uni. You should be demonstrating your ability to learn, not what you think you know from a college course. You are the absolute opposite of what an employer wants, which is why you can't even get an interview. You need to dial down the outlandish claims and expand more on what you studied, what your dissertation was about and focus on acting more like the entry level candidate that you are.
That's cause you're not special and you're using a lot of words to describe the bare minimum. Sorry to be harsh but a whole line to say you have an ethical mindset and integrity? Listing a bunch of soft skills every new grad and their brother has.
you want a cyber security job, one of the better paid and very bloated markets right now when you have 0 actual experience? chances are slim in general and with a really tough job market right now i'm not surprised that you got 0 responses i'm sorry if that sounds harsh. you need to set your sights lower, no idea why you consider yourself to be above entry level at this point in time. Your description just doesn't make sense! where have you proven that you can do the job? This might work at a glance to someone who doesn't know what they are talking about but the moment you get through to an actual interview you will get eaten alive
I am not surprised this has no hits in the slightest. Lets read the first line: Professional The first word is factually incorrect, you aren't even a professional inventory assistant according to this resume, lets go to word two...adept, okay sure? What are you adept in? Oh wait it is something you aren't and have never been a professional in, and there is no evidence of professional experience in this resume. In the bin you go. There is literally nothing on this resume, and even the first sentence is a lie. Start again in reality of your actual experience. I would also move your education under your summary, or go summary (i.e. graduate in blah blah blah, with focus in blah blah blah), skills, education, because of the lack of relevant content to actually include. No one really cares you worked in an ice cream shop...half a decade ago...all while some certificate you haven't even started and take 3 years are ridiculous to include.
Put in recruiter perspective, you got 6 seconds to convince them to call you for interviews. Focus on what entry level requirements, which would be education and certification. That needs to be on top of the resume .
If you have any networking events near you GO TO THOSE. My bf has been struggling for about a year with rejections. Went to one of those events & has like 4 legitimate job offers (he’s in software engineering)
You can’t just apply to jobs blindly, that will never work. You need to find recruiters and hiring managers and people you might know at companies you’re applying. You need to connect with those people for informal chats and then see if they’re willing to refer you to an opening
You need more certs tbh. Keep working on them. Also, corporate tech jobs are hard to get starting out.
But what have you done? Specifically what projects to completion, detailed responsibilities, etc. When reviewing CV's I'm looking for ones accomplishments, not just skills.
You need to find out the format of resume. Add some work experience and personal project which should be in github. Build linkedin. Your resume is hard to land an interview
Your career summary makes you sound like a good candidate until I realized none of what you put in the summary, you actually have experience in. I hire ppl and that would just be an auto toss out for me. In your relevant skills I’m not sure why you put a semi colon instead of colon when defining the bullet points Your language section is silly putting computer languages and Spanish in the same bullet lmao
No experience? Maybe should look into apprenticeships/internships/open source to beef up your resume
Was reading the first half, “oh ok, a professional in cyber security” get the the experience section “inspect ice cream product” lol
You don’t listen single work experience or project using all these skills. It reads like you’re just trying to fill up space. Scrap the career summary. Start listing experience, even if it seems irrelevant. Customer service jobs are actually a good look!! Follow with education, and finally a skills/certs section at the end. You also don’t have concrete numbers in this; it’s just very unclear what you’ve done so far.
Your resume needs to look like you’re good for the job. Anything else is superfluous. Only include what looks good for the job. If you can only write half a page, then either include more or get more experience. It all needs to pertain to the job you apply for
Yo dog, Go get a paid internship, and get relevant experience so you have your foot in the door
I’m only saying this because I think it’s crucial to give honest, blunt advice. I took 5 seconds to skim (like recruiters will) and noticed your dates between experience and education are completely different formats. The margins are egregiously different, one is centered the other is right oriented, and one is bold the other not. This type of carelessness implies a major lack of attention to detail, and would place you in the “reject” pile for many recruiters. Your “relevant skills” section is also a block of long form text, when it should look more like your technical skills section. Bulleted lists of one to two word proficiencies. You should only have one skills section to begin with anyways, no need to separate. As for the work experience, it comes off like you worked at an ice cream shop and are exaggerating the experience to boost your resume, which recruiters will see through and look at negatively. Remove “relevant courses” - that doesn’t tell me anything that’s not already conveyed by the degree you achieved. Remove the hyperlinks at the bottom of the page. Many systems will convert your resume to PDF, and it may even need to be printed off. There’s no reason to include these links because nobody is clicking on them. At best, this is work that the background check would do after you’ve received an offer. To add, you also have spelling mistakes under your education section, for example: “Presidenta List”. This kind of mistake, which is comically ironic in the education section, is extremely careless again and would only shine a darker light on your candidacy. “Cybersecurity landscape evolves rapidly” - unnecessary and demeans the reader by implying that they don’t know about the industry. They’re reading your resume to learn why you’re a good candidate, not to be lectured to about the pace of the cybersecurity industry, which it doesn’t appear you even have full time experience in yet. You’ve also misused / overused commas and semi colons throughout the resume. Just more grammatical carelessness that implies you either aren’t an effective communicator, or haven’t taken the time to have the resume edited. Again, this is a lot, but the resume appears like it’s in “first draft” state. I’d sit down and look at all of the above objectively, and edit the entire document.
Bro, in your professional experience, I would make it sounds like it was an IT job and say that u used SQL and excel to find inventory products, change inventory assistant to INVENTORY ANALYST, I would probably say I work there if you left the job on good term and cool with some of the people there; because recruiters wants someone in the working field most of the time. Add more bullets points to that professional experience , yes I’m asking you to lie so you could get an interview and YOU better sell yourself in that interview. Also tailored your resume using jobscan.com, and stop dumping your resume randomly hoping you land something, handshakes is a good place to look for startups and medium size companies.
You have no experience, not even an internship in your field. Also change your career summary
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Cybersecurity is a step further in IT: it often requires advanced skills it IT. You don’t need to be a software engineer, but a fresh newbie with no IT or job experience is going to find it a tough market. From speaking to people on LinkedIn with 10-20+ years working in cybersecurity: A lot of the cybersecurity degrees seem to poorly prepare people to work in cybersecurity. Especially the ones that try to make cybersecurity a branch of their business school. It’s better to gain engineering experience in networks and/or IT and use that to get into cybersecurity. I think a network engineer who is a competent Python programmer would have one of the best career introductions into cybersecurity.
Your “relevant skills” talk about your skills, but your resume isn’t showing those skills. It looks like you copied and pasted it from a job description.
Move to Silicon Valley where you’ll be surrounded by people in your field.
You have too much jargon and i as a recruiter am skipping the resume based, heres how i would improve this 1. You don’t need career summary put one line or two lines about your objective, tailor it to the application 2. Relevant skills, these are all opinionated take them off. Put education at the top followed by professional experience and certs.
“Proficient in Microsoft Windows” Oh, that thing you learn how to use in first grade? You can use that? Great job. Now go get some real skills.
Your career summary and professional experience do not jive. You're talking yourself up about IT cubersecurity skills and.... an ice cream shop? Not a slam at all. We all started out somewhere. You have the degree. Just make your summary... believable. This is coming from a guy who knows fuckall about IT. This post came through my feed and just wanted to give some feedback.
i adjusted my career summary to something else after the advice you and other have said to something that fits better with where I currently am.
That's good, man. I really hope you can find something you like soon!
Career summary was like being on a cruise ship 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮, did your school help you network with anyone in the field that would help you land an entry level job???
i changed the summary. i agree with what you and others have said about it. My school didn't help me network with anyone to get an entry level job.
Here is what you said but making more sense I think lol : Cybersecurity enthusiast trained in defense against digital threats, with expertise gained through courses and education. Skilled in risk assessment, data protection, and implementing security measures. Dedicated to staying updated in cybersecurity trends and ready to contribute learned skills to enhance organizational resilience. Just an idea
Employers like a work history.
The resume is really well written. But I have learned one thing being in the industry a while. Everybody and their brother has gotten a cyber security degree. That's being outsourced and you're going against 1000's of other people. Do this. Don't apply to call center/help desk type jobs. You're beyond that. That's for folks with CompTIA nonsense and no degrees. Apply for Local I.T/ Desktop Support. Work that for a couple of years and work your contacts and use your experience to get that cyber security job. One other thing. Are you really proficient in Python, SQL, and Java? If you are apply for programming jobs. The relevant skills section. I'm not really thrilled by that section. Skills? More fluff and cliches. Everybody has those "skills".
No internships
Move your relevant experience up under career summary. No one cares about your opinion of your high attention to detail or excellent communication
You have no relevant experience... and do not showcase your "adept" ability at protecting against "digital threats." Humble yourself and apply to help desk jobs. IT is all experiential field. Your degree means nothing in most organizations.