Why Should Your Daughter, Nephew, or Student Consider a Cybersecurity Career?
High school and college students have exposure to more career fields, than just a couple of decades ago. Kids used to mostly know about careers that existed near where they grew up or were popularly portrayed on television. Young people in New York were more aware of finance careers than young people in Ohio. Kids in Texas were more aware of energy sector careers, than kids in Delaware were. There was inequity in awareness of potential careers based simply on where you grew up.
In the Internet Era there is a lot more awareness about potential careers. However, there is still an inequity of awareness of amazing career opportunities in technology.
Cybersecurity Careers
There is more to the tech industry, than just becoming a software engineer or coder. As Generation Z considers their futures, let’s introduce them to opportunities in cybersecurity. As plenty of popular and lucrative 20th century jobs are being automated away, cybersecurity jobs are going the other direction.
In 2019 there was a shortage of 3.12 million cybersecurity professionals globally, including 359,236 in the United States; 27,408 in the United Kingdom; 27,192 in Australia; and 16,552 in Canada..
