In general most people like being employed and do not like being unemployed, but when it comes to looking for work, hardly anyone likes job hunting no matter what industry they work in. This is especially true in the infosec industry where there is allegedly a huge skills shortage, but from the conversation I have had with job seekers it is not at all easy to find the right job, whatever level of seniority you have.
When you are first starting out in the infosec space it can be difficult to know which route to take or where to start. It can be difficult to work out the different domains and niches and to further confuse matters infosec professionals take lots of different routes to get to the jobs they are currently in, there is no clear pathway. There is lots of noise, clutter and confusion in infosec recruitment, you have to sift through hundreds of job posts on lots of different websites to find something suitable and it is very easy to read a job post and not really know what the job is about.
Job descriptions list lots of different skills but weight them equally making it difficult to tell if you have the right skills and experience levels for the job. Infosec is notorious for being vague with job descriptions and demanding more professional experience than the roles actually require. Nobody wants to hire beginners and train them, everyone requires 10yrs experience and complains about a skills shortage.
Most of the recruiters that you talk to will have no idea about specific jobs or what they entail, but they will have a checklist of keywords to tick off. Recruitment is the ..
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