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YCBK 393: Cyber security jobs are booming, what you need to know!
FromYour College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews
YCBK 393: Cyber security jobs are booming, what you need to know!
FromYour College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews
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Length:
99 minutes
Released:
Jan 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode you will hear: (02:14) Julia and Mark discuss a blog article that appeared in College Vine entitled, “Deferred or Waitlisted? How to Write a Letter of Continued Interest. The article was written by 7/28/2023 and it was written by Varun Srinivasan. Julia and Mark share what they agree with and what they disagree with in the article. Part 2 of 2 (28:12) Lisa and Mark answer a question from an anonymous listener in California who wants to know, how can you tell which colleges are “overlap colleges” for other colleges. (49:06) Mark interviews Dan and Mary LaChance about the incredible opportunities that exist in cybersecurity careers. Dan is a cybersecurity major at Rochester Institute of Technology and Mary is a Data Engineer that works in the field of cyber insurance. Preview-Part 1 § Dan talks about how he used summer programs to confirm his interest in cybersecurity. § Dan shares all the branches or options you can select from within cybersecurity. § Mary is a data engineer who works with cyber-insurance, and she shares the changes she is seeing in the job market § Dan shares how he picked a college, given his strong interest in cybersecurity § Mary explains what she was § Mary and Dan talk about the compensation cybersecurity grads are getting, right out of college. § Mary talks about the government grant opportunities that are available in cybersecurity § Dan talks about how coop opportunities works at RIT, and he talks about the compensation for co-ops jobs in their first year and in their second year. (01:01:50) Recommended Resource- Gen-cyber is a tremendous resource for finding experiential resources to help high school students explore cybersecurity opportunities. Most of these resources are free. (01:14:45) College Spotlight: Illinois Institute of Technology Part 1 of 2 https://www.iit.edu/ Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. You can also use this for many other purposes: 1) Send us constructive criticism about how we can improve our podcast 2) Share an encouraging word about something you like about an episode or the podcast in general 3) Share a topic or an article you would like us to address 4) Share a speaker you want us to interview 5) Leave positive feedback for one of our interviewees. We will send your verbal feedback directly to them and I can almost assure you, your positive feedback will make their day. If you have a question for one of our upcoming interviews with admissions professionals, here is a list of admissions professionals who we will interview in 2023 or 2024 Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology-Ashley Pallie Colorado School of Mines Creighton University University of Puget Sound- Robin Aijian Belmont University University of Tennessee-Knoxville Law School Admissions interview-Lydia Emory University-Sarbeth Fleming
Released:
Jan 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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