Community volunteering provides career development opportunities, and offers substantial benefits spanning personal fulfillment and career advancement. This notion is supported in the findings I will share from a recent survey among industry professionals, which examines how individuals volunteer in the community, what skills they learn, how employers support them, and how they face stress.
Kathleen Smith, CMO, ClearedJobs.Net/CyberSecJobs.Com, both veteran owned companies, she spearheads the community-building, and communications outreach initiatives catering to the both organizations’ many audiences including security cleared job seekers, cybersecurity candidates and military personnel. Kathleen has presented at several security conferences on recruiting and job search within the cyber security world to include BSidesLV, BSidesTampa, BSidesDE, FedCyber. Kathleen volunteers in the cybersecurity community; she is the Director, HireGround, BSidesLV’s 2 day career track. Kathleen is well respected within the recruiting community, is the co-founder and current President of recruitDC, the largest community of recruiters in the Washington DC area.