Understanding the cybersecurity job market

In this section, I will show you how to use open source intelligence (OSINT) to find the right cybersecurity jobs, companies, and other aspects that require research when you're looking for a job. To get started with this, let's take a look at the different employment platforms you can use to search for jobs. Then, we'll look at what information to search for when job hunting.

Employment platforms

First things first, to land a job, we need to find one. There are many online and free job search platforms out there, such as Glassdoor, LinkedIn Jobs, Indeed, Google, ZipRecruiter, CareerBuilder, and so on. These platforms are a good start for you to get familiar with what job search engines look like. At the same time, check out other platforms that are cybersecurity job focused, such as infosec-job.com or cybersecjob.com, and so on.

In the beginning, expect to spend some time registering for accounts with those platforms...