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Cybercrime investigator resume tips

Introduction

Looking for your first job in the exciting field of cybercrime investigation? Or perhaps you’re a seasoned cybercrime investigator looking for your next promotion? You’ll need a resume for that! 

Your resume is how employers get to know you, your experience and your skills. In a highly technical field like cybersecurity, your resume is a crucial way of setting yourself apart from your competition. A successful job search for a cybersecurity investigator role hinges on having a well-crafted resume. 

In this article, we’ll take a look at how you can fine-tune your resume to make the best impression on hiring managers and recruiters. 

Cybercrime investigator resume tips

Before you get a callback to schedule a job interview for a cybercrime investigation job, you’ll need to convince the hiring manager that you have the skills to succeed at the job. That’s no easy task considering the average read-time per resume is only 6 seconds

Luckily, it’s not an impossible feat with the right tips and tricks. The best-written resumes clearly and concisely communicate the skills needed to do the job. For cybercrime investigators, that means you’ll have to demonstrate that you can do things like recover data, preserve digital evidence for investigations and more. 

According to CyberSeek, here are some of the top skills requested for cybercrime investigators: 

Computer forensics 

Your resume should give employers a clear picture of your knowledge of computer forensics. They need to know that you’re able to gather digital evidence, analyze it and draw informed conclusions about the truth of what happened. This can include analyzing digital evidence like internet history or physical evidence like seized hard drives. 

Information security 

Cybercrime and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand. Employers understand that the best cybercrime investigators maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest vulnerabilities, (Read more...)

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosec Resources authored by Christine McKenzie. Read the original post at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infosecResources/~3/3bblna8xnc0/