Gaining experience You have probably heard of work experience before, many secondary schools have mandatory work experience all students must participate in but what are the real benefits of it? No matter what field you enter work experience can be very valuable, it gives you an insight into your chosen industry, teaches you how corporate…

Choosing your path So you know what you want for a job, great! But how are you planning on getting there? Luckily for you there a number of paths to choose from to enter your chosen career. The main three we will be covering in this post is apprenticeships, university and straight into the job.…

Imposter syndrome Imposter syndrome – Incredibly common but not often discussed. Imposter syndrome usually occurs during a big life event especially when entering a new career. It is a difficult term to define and will differ from person to person a general overview however is the feeling of inadequacy and self-doubt. This naturally impacts a…

Mental health Modern day cyber plays a vital role in our world and with that comes stress and challenges. With how fast cyber is developing professionals must work quickly to adapt to unknown situations as well as battle deadlines and real time responses. This burden can cause a toll on one’s mental health and when…

Careers and Opportunity links On the 4th of October, we were very kindly asked to take part in Cleeve Secondary school Cyber festival, Taylor and Emilia gave a presentation on a whistle-stop tour about cyber careers. Not all Cyber jobs are technical or programming related, the link below from SANS describes 20 different Cyber jobs…

Results day All of our founders have experienced the anticipation of results day and we all have our own story to share on how our results and attitude towards exams shaped us. We were kindly invited by Cynam to talk on a panel about these experiences and life after exams in collaboration with the CyberFirst…

Launch event Q&A The questions below were taken from our Slido poll during our launch event. Sadly we did not have time to answer all of these questions on the night so have compiled them below with our answers. Thank you to everyone who attended, supported and submitted their questions at the launch event What,…

Blog Post: Apprenticeship Q&A On the 11th to 12th or June two of our founders volunteered at Cheltenham science festival to help spread the word about apprenticeships. Throughout the week the we asked the attendees to write down any questions they had about apprenticeships. We have collected them and compiled the most popular ones below…