Online Security Job Leads

Security job seekers have many ways to find job leads. Peer networks and social media are potential resources, especially for those who still think the best jobs are not in the public domain. For the sheer volume of apparently potential opportunities, though, it is hard to ignore job boards.

Job boards are predominantly generalist. This means you must weed through millions of listings unrelated to your security skill sets. Niche market boards exist, though. For instance, our friends at Security Jobs Network™ have been aggregating professional-level security jobs for over 20 years.

SJN reports that, in addition to mid-level security roles, there is a marked increase in public listings of senior- and executive-level security and risk management positions. Salaries and comp packages for these jobs are routinely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. What is diving this proliferation of security job listings?

One factor is organizations no longer need to pay high advertising fees to gain exposure to their target candidates. There are thousands of online listing sites open to global audiences, including the career sections of most company websites. Hiring and recruitment firms can generate responses for their openings this way, often at little to no cost.

Candidates can easily attach their profile or resume to a job on a board or company site instantly. This generates a large volume of applicants that companies initially think they want. The number of responses might also be the statistic some talent acquisition (TA) practitioners are measured against.

It sounds great for both the hiring company and the job seeker. However, the resulting experience for both is often anything but great.

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