The Hacker's Cache

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#79 The Honest Truth: Why Your Cybersecurity Resume Is Getting Ghosted

#79 The Honest Truth: Why Your Cybersecurity Resume Is Getting Ghosted24 Jul38 min

Why are qualified cybersecurity professionals submitting hundreds of applications and still getting ghosted? In this episode of The Hacker’s Cache, Kyser Clark breaks down the honest reasons cybersecurity resumes get rejected, including rigid experience requirements, ATS filters, job-title matching, internal candidates, intense competition for remote roles, and the shrinking number of offensive security opportunities. Drawing from his own recent cybersecurity job search, multiple final-round ...