Recruiters and job seekers are at odds in the battle for better candidates and jobs. The are horror stories shared in communities, in blogs and on videos about the recruiter who didn’t know one code from another, or tried to recruit the founder of Ruby on Rails to be an admin. So what do we do? After sharing some of the horror stories from both sides, let’s get down to clear tactics that job seekers and recruiters can use to work together. Hear from security recruiters and jobseekers how they have handled these situations. This session is for anyone looking to find a new job, hire new employees or understand how recruiting is an important part of any company's success. We will be a panel of two great recruiters who "get it" working with security candidates and one security professional who has fun dissecting poor recruiter behavior on Twitter.
Kathleen Smith leads up the outreach and marketing efforts for a security cleared job board and job fair company. Kathleen frequently sees the frustration from both recruiters and job seekers in trying to connect and wonders why it is so hard to get along? Panelists and Moderator Lee Wanless is a Resource Manager with G2 Inc and has been active in the recruiting arena since 2006. The past 6 years have been focused on engaging and hiring highly cleared cybersecurity systems and software engineers within the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. In addition to the aforementioned Lee also supports G2's Federal & Commercial Practice his focus has been engaging cybersecurity engineers in support of NIST most notably recruiting security policy experts in support of NIST's Cybersecurity Framework. Lee is active in the security community attending network security events and MeetUps. Lee resides with his wife, two children and German Shepherd in Columbia MD. He can be reached at Lee.Wanless@G2-Inc.com @LeeWanless Lamont Price At age thirteen LaMont Price took over one of the worst paper routes in the neighborhood. He recruited his best friend to help and within 30 days he optimized the customer experience using one simple tactic. The result: a young kid with too much tip money for the next few months. For the last 16 years he continues to share his successful strategies in marketing and recruiting to colleges students and small businesses. LaMont is currently a Sr. Recruiter for Tenable Network Services in Columbia, Maryland. @lamontprice Neal Anders Lead Software Engineer, Research & Development at Tenable Network Security Kathleen Smith, CMO, ClearedJobs.Net – Kathleen has worked in the recruiting marketing community 12 years and is constantly search for ways to have recruiters and jobseekers better understand each other. @YesItsKathleen