[sputknick]

I've been looking for 4 months and only had one phone screen from HR. Cybersecurity in Raleigh, my last employer was MAG 7. My particular problem is I took off 6 years to be a stay-at-home parent.

[weakfish]

Email in my bio, I’m in the triangle and would love to connect. I know some cyber folks who I can link you up with.

[Schiendelman]

People like you are wonderful!

[weakfish]

:) just trying to share a little kindness!

[lpapez]

Can't you simply fill that gap on your resume with something made up? "Self employed", "freelancer", "stealth startup", "confidential employer" etc.

How would the companies ever know?

[Philpax]

They'd presumably ask for more details and/or references, at which point you would be hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies of your own making.

[BoneShard]

They will run a background check listing all your past jobs, with the exact title you had, and start-end dates.

[grosswait]

Hard to verify self-employment

[idontwantthis]

Are you involved in DefCon? There's probably a local chapter that would help you get in touch with the right people.

Also, I totally wish I could afford to be a stay at home parent. I'm sure you made the right choice with those 6 years!

[taurath]

I was able to get 2 offers last year after a 4 year break (distributed systems), but it was difficult to get thru front doors, references make a bigger difference nowadays.

I took a position 1 level down from previous to pay the bills. Am now interviewing for positions 2 above since I’m already performing at that level and my current company is too bureaucratic to bump me quick enough.