I live in San Jose/Silicon Valley and have trying to find employment since Labor Day. I have been a Network and Systems Administrator for 8 years dealing with both Unix and NT. I also have a CISSP and CCNA, as well as three professional certificates from University of California, Santa Cruz, in Web and E-Commerce Security, Network Engineering, and Network Management and Administration. After blanketing a list of about 300 high tech companies in S.V. well over 6 weeks ago with resumes and cover letters, I received one, yes one, phone interview, which was not a good fit for me. I also received a handful of inquiries from recruiters, after having posted my resume on 10-12 high tech job boards. During this same time period, I sent resumes to 12-15 government agencies, and several Defense contractors (opening up my search nationwide). None of them have produced any responses either, except for maybe a "thank you, we will keep you in mind". Then, as someone else stated, I could always work a 6-12 week contract position for about $20 per hour. In summation, no one can prove to me that security people are in short supply. Everyone is talking the talk, but no one is walking the walking. It would be interesting to know what, and/or who, is fueling these "security shortage" reports. Our time will come, but don't believe anyone who says it is happening right now. Bill Cavdek, CISSP, CCNA Meritt James wrote: > "According to a recent report from online certification company > Brainbench, disaster-recovery and network-security skills are scarce > within the IT workforce." > > ................ > > Full article at http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011121S0015 > -- > James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA > Booz | Allen | Hamilton > phone: (410) 684-6566
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