No Cyber Security Experience? No Problem !
How your non-tech experience can map onto a cybersecurity job
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Let's face it .. the tech job industry is no longer the mighty behemoth it once was.
You only need to look at your LinkedIn feed to see the amount of (highly) qualified tech professionals who are looking for jobs.
But at the same time .. Cybersecurity has remained relatively resilient despite the massive job cuts in the industry.
It makes sense as things like budget cuts or hiring freezes do not bog down Cyber-criminals!
Boards have become more and more tech-savvy and want to avoid seeing their company’s name plastered on news as the next big data breach.
Thus, Cybersecurity remains a safe bet as a current or future job choice.
But if you don't have any prior tech experience, then breaking into Cybersecurity can seem like an insurmountable challenge
As someone who has coached countless people on how to move into Cybersecurity .. I am here to tell you that that is not true !
Most people who do not have a tech background might have decades of experience in another field .. all that hard work does not have to go down the drain
You leverage that experience .. it is simply a matter of finding the right cybersecurity field!
Meet Jack
Let me tell you a short story about someone I know .. Let us call him Jack
Jack was a school teacher in his 40s who had a thing about numbers and math
His school moved to remote learning when the pandemic and Jack found himself with more free time on his hands
He noticed an article about how resilient the cybersecurity job industry is and how it is essentially future-proof proof as tech risks will always exist
Jack wanted to change careers and move into Cybersecurity
The problem is that he had ZERO experience and no tech skills
