"Can a security engineer become a security recruiter, Ruby?" Sure thang, but I would consider a few things before trying to interview: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺: You'll likely be starting at an agency that is heavily commissioned. Starting on a $40k base and making a handful percent off placements is really tough in a large city like LA and NYC. A lot of agencies need you "to prove yourself," and that sometimes means being on-site as well. You can try the internal route but very few (at least that I've seen) have allowed technical folks to move into a more HR/TA route because the technical piece is not what they need. They need people who know how to close offers. 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: You have to know what people are working on, but we're not engineers. Majority of the day is reaching out to folks, content creation, business development, reading resumes, conversations about culture/fit/compensation, etc. And yes, you have to know the cyber world to do the former, but it's not going to be close to the level of technicality that you're used to. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵: One of the reasons people hate recruiters (without knowing it) is because there's a high turnover happening on the backend. People drop out of recruiting a ton after their first year or so. Why? Because, it's sales. You may get cussed out, take the blame for things you didn't do, calm down a candidate or manager who's pissed off, and not even get a pat on the back for it. It's just the job. That being said, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰. All I'm saying here is: Do your research before investing time into this career.
Have you seen a security engineer switch to recruiting? These roles don't seem like a common lateral move.
The reality is a lot of this job is rejection. Either you're being rejected, or you're rejecting people. Not being able to help people you and having to deliver bad news to people you want to win. It weighs heavy, and it's not for most people.
I would guess/gather that specialized recruiters either have great commission or bonuses to be satisfied to stay, or they are secretly salty when candidates or employees complain about their salaries or benefits not being enough - for the high paying positions anyway (>200k). Do any of you guys/gals ever get tempted to go into cybersecurity or something else in tech after placing so many?
I have been in Recruiting for 25+ years and I'm not sure if I've even seen a WORSE time to get into Recruiting...for anyone regardless of niche, background, or previous experience.
spot on.
SPOT ON
Thanks for sharing
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1moI think the transition would be a bit easier because you have already worked on the technical side of cyber and know what it takes.