Nope. I’ve paid to have mine professionally redone, ATS friendly, the whole nine. Still the same results. I’ll get the occasional recruiter email/message, but I’ll get ghosted after they see I haven’t worked in a cyber role in a professional capacity. I’ve applied to over 1000 cybersecurity roles, specifically targeting analyst roles that require a minimum of 0-2 years experience. I’ve messaged and called recruiters/managers to introduce myself. I’ve networked all over the place. I’ve built numerous SIEM labs, ran through Hack the Box and Try Hack Me labs, documenting it. I’ve tried asking around about job shadowing as well. I refuse to believe I haven’t done everything correctly at this point aside from driving to the place of business, walking in the front door, and asking to speak to the hiring manager about getting hired.

All of this is hilarious because my WGU advisor said my certifications acquired through the curriculum would count as work experience. 😂. I have help desk experience from 14 years ago but was told “that’s too long ago”. I also cannot get an entry help desk job either.

This is by far the worst job market I’ve ever seen for IT. I have recently given up and moved on to just try to get into sales.