BSidesCharm - 2019 - Exploring Community Volunteering Through a Career Development Lens

Exploring Community Volunteering Through a Career Development Lens Volunteering in the cyber security community provides a venue for learning new technical and non-technical skills, while offering personal fulfillment and opportunities for career advancement. This presentation examines volunteering through a career development lens, allowing individuals to make the most of their volunteer efforts and furthermore helping companies enhance their talent acquisition. Presenters: Kathleen Smith (@YesItsKathleen) and Doug Munro (@RecruitCyberDC) 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. Doug Munro, Director of Talent Acquisition for MAG Aerospace. Previously, the Director of Talent Acquisition for Coalfire which is a pure-play cyber security services firm. Doug has been in information security recruiting in for 15 or more years. His community involvement, includes being a volunteer at BSides DC and career counseling at Northern Virginia Community College. He has also presented at BSidesLV, CyberSecureGov, and recruitDC.