hey friends today I'm taking you through an achievable process to get a job in cyber
security with zero experience this video is kindly sponsored by ISC squared but more on them a little
later on in the video okay today I'm gonna share a step-by-step process a free certification and
exam opportunity and a completely free resource at the end to make the job hunting process so much
easier if you want to get into the industry you're going to need a few things first up education some
industry knowledge skills and of course a resume a profile and a network to help you along with
the job hunting Journey now to achieve all that with zero experience can be really daunting and
overwhelming but today we're going to break it down and make those steps simpler and make
them completely achievable even for someone that has zero experience in this industry
whatsoever step one is to start by getting some form of education and my recommended way in cyber
security to actually get educated is by getting so certified getting certified gives you so many
benefits one of the key ones is firstly gaining good overall industry knowledge and secondly
getting the required credentials that mainly required by most employers looking for a cyber
Security Professionals or skilled Professionals in the industry and that brings me to the sponsor
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alright before we move on to step two if you find my content helpful and you find this video
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alright step two is industry knowledge getting to know the industry is really important if you
want to be successful in having conversations with potential employers and hiring managers
and potential peers into the industry now there are many ways that you can actually gain industry
knowledge the top two for me are definitely via podcasts and newsletters now podcasts are a great
way to learn about cyber security first because you can gain a whole lot of knowledge about the
industry and you can find out about the latest threads the latest cyber security events but
secondly here's a Hidden Gem with podcasts with podcasts you actually are listening to people talk
about cyber security and the difference here is that you are actually learning about the industry
jargon so you're learning what people are talking about you're learning about iocs indicators of
compromise through it ttps all of these different terms and acronyms and everything that people
talk about in cyber security you're actually Hearing in context how it's used so that is an
absolute Hidden Gem it is my number one on the go method for consuming cyber security knowledge and
information I have two of my favorite podcasts the first one is the Sans storm cost so this one
is really like it's an everyday thing it's five minutes to listen to they update you on the latest
news the latest happenings from the previous day and really big events that's happening in
cyber security and then the second one for me is the Cyber wire daily so the cyberwire daily
is the podcast where they have um also cyber security news but sometimes they have Snippets
of interviewing different industry professionals and you can just gain a whole lot of knowledge by
listening to the Cyber wire daily so definitely subscribe to those two podcasts and consume as
much information as you can on the go and then second part to this is the newsletters so from
a newsletter perspective this of course gives you brief bits of information that you need into
knowledge into cyber security into knowing about the latest breaches in the latest cyber security
events and informations and any new controls and any new trains that people are talking about in
cyber security which significantly helps you out during the interview process to have kind
of this real world up-to-date knowledge and for me the two newsletters that I highly recommend
you subscribe to is The Hacker News just so much contextual cyber security information inside of
this newsletter definitely I must subscribe and then preps on security so this is by the
renowned cyber security journalist Brian Cribbs and he has this newsletter and basically sharing
all of the cyber security information but there's also an interesting aspect to this that there are
usually freebies in the newsletters of tools that you should try and check out or even
recommendations of networking events and people who you can network with which of course helps
you significantly to build your network which is a step that we are talking about later on in the
video okay on to step three step three is gaining the skills now in this video I am not going into
depth about gaining skills simply because I have done multiple videos about how you can gain cyber
security skill different platforms that you can use free platforms platforms that really gives you
the abilities to do Hands-On practice for multiple different roles I've shared some for ethical
hackers I've shared some for security analysts I've just shared a whole bunch of platforms on my
channel already I will link the beginner playlist down below so you can go and check it out and find
out which platform may be the right one for you one thing I will say is that you need to make
sure that you actually are focused on getting the basic knowledge done now the basic skills
are really really important in cyber security and most people there's so much information to consume
and most people tend to skim over the basics and just brush over them really quickly to move on to
different things however the basics are really what carries you throughout your career so it
doesn't matter it might change to artificial intelligence or cloud Computing or machine
learning or different advancements in technology however you still need to know how things work
what the ability of compromise is in different systems how networks are configured together
etc those are all the basics and I have an entire video speaking about the basics which I will link
down below as well definitely go and check it out if you're looking to really advance in the
skills part of trying to get your first job into cyber security for step four you are going to need
a CVO resume you're going to need a profile ideally a LinkedIn profile and you're going
to need to start building your network network meaning a network of professionals that you are
connected with on a particular platform and you can either share or gain knowledge from these
different individuals and different professionals all right it's freebie time now if you are
studying in cyber security and you're looking to basically get your first job into the industry and
you just starting a brand new resume from scratch as a student maybe you you're just finding your
first job I have a completely free resume template for you I've linked it down below you can use this
resume template it's got information bits that you can just use and fill it in and basically
this template will help you to structure your very first resume contextual of course to cyber
security and basically it will help you to get your foot in the door but starting to apply for
cyber security jobs if you are a professional that's already in the industry you maybe have a
job or you have another job and you're looking to Pivot into cyber security then you don't
necessarily have to have a beginner resume or start from scratch with your resume you just need
to update your resume and make it more applicable to cyber security then I highly recommend that you
check out this free platform which is called resume worded.com so you're just going to go
to resumewater.com it's an AI based platform and Tool this tool is really phenomenal in the tool
basically you have the option to select like what type of job or roles you are applying for and then
it can basically go and analyze your resume for that and analyze your LinkedIn profile Etc now
caveat here if you are uploading your resume there make sure that you actually X out any personal
information or something like that anything that's not in the public domain you should exit out and
then but the tool will really go through this and give you an up to scratch and really great resume
to work from and now you can use this resume to basically just enhance it and then start
your job application process from there let's do a quick recap of this video step one get educated
remember to check check out the free certified in cyber security training and exam by ISS squared
and get certified people take advantage of it get certified step two is getting your industry
knowledge go back and check out the resources that are recommended from a podcast and newsletter
perspective and make sure that you subscribe to those and you start getting your industry
knowledge step three is the skills go and check out my beginner playlist or the basics that you
need inside the security to gain the skills that you need and step four is to update or construct
your resume and bold start building a LinkedIn profile for yourself resume template down below
or go to resumewater.com alright friends that is it for this video I am Venetia your cyber security
Basie thank you so much for watching Remember to subscribe if you find this content helpful and if
you want to see any more cyber security videos and if you are starting the job hunting process
and you're struggling in the process you should definitely check out this video next where I
basically tell you how to apply for a job in cyber security catch you next time friends bye [Music]