Joshua Bucheli went from a philosophy MA to chairing the ethics committee at ForHumanity and heading Let’s Phi’s community, then into cybersecurity recruitment, where he consults experts in data protection, digital forensics and IT risk. Community involvement and adjacent expertise opened a technical industry without a technical degree.
The lay of the land#
Recruiters work either at agencies, firms like Cyberunity that fill roles for many client companies, or in-house on a company’s own talent team. Agency work is faster and more commercial; in-house is steadier and closer to the business. In a specialised field like cybersecurity, the recruiter’s real skill is learning the domain well enough to judge expertise they don’t personally have. Roles are advertised as recruitment consultant, talent acquisition specialist, sourcer or talent community manager. It is one of the more open doors on this site: agencies hire for judgement and communication and train the rest, and internships are a normal way in. Joshua’s firm offered one through us.
Philosophers who’ve done it#
Joshua’s own account of the move is on the about page.
From our events#
- From Philosophy to Cybersecurity Recruitment with Joshua Bucheli (August 2022)
Start here#
- Cybersecurity/AI Resources & Advice for Jobseekers — Joshua’s round-up after the workshop
- ForHumanity: Embodying Everything We’ve Learned — the volunteer community that connected Joshua’s philosophy training to industry work
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