A layoff can change the plan. It doesn’t erase the person.
Engineering at Blavity. UX leadership at General Assembly. Client strategy at Rogue Labs. Mentorship, public speaking, documentation, and design. This is a body of work with more than one future.
The goal is to choose a direction and tell the truth about it well. Some paths draw directly on work she’s done. Others need a new project, a credential, or a first opportunity.
No path matches that search. Try “design,” “instructor,” or “security.”
Showing 11 career paths · Every path includes a current and a future resume.
THIS EXPERIENCE TRAVELS WITH HER
“What else could I do?” is a powerful place to start.
The next opportunity can be in a new role, a new industry, or a new city.
SMALL STEPS. REPEATED DAILY.
Make possibility a daily practice.
Aim for 10+ thoughtful applications a day when enough suitable roles exist. Volume helps when it’s paired with fit, evidence, and a resume that speaks to the actual job.
A SUSTAINABLE DAILY TARGET10+
applications, each with a role-specific resume
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Start where the roles are.
Use Wellfound first. Search the titles on her path page, then verify the opening on the company’s careers site. Include remote work, Atlanta, and relocation options.
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Give the best fits more attention.
Spend the deepest effort on 2–3 strong matches. For the remaining suitable roles, use the right current resume as a starting point and tailor it efficiently.
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Change the emphasis. Keep the facts.
Match the summary, relevant skills, and first bullets to the posting. Link the right project. Check dates, credentials, location, and every claim before sending.
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Learn from the response.
Track the role, resume version, date, and follow-up. Review weekly: which paths earn conversations? Put more effort where her evidence gets a response.
A NEW DIRECTION, TWO CLEAR ROUTES
Security is a possibility. Give it a practical plan.
Choose one starting route. Build evidence while applying. Her transferable skills matter, and security-specific knowledge still has to be learned.
ROUTE 01GOVERNANCE · RISK · COMPLIANCE
GRC
For the part of her that makes complex expectations clear.
Understand the framework.
Read NIST CSF 2.0 and the Small Business Quick Start Guide. Learn the difference between a risk, a control, evidence, and a policy.
Make a small practice portfolio.
For a fictional business: write a five-risk register, a sample access policy, an evidence checklist, and a short vendor-review memo. Label everything as independent practice.
Apply and keep learning.
Search GRC coordinator, compliance operations, junior risk, and security awareness. Use her documentation, teaching, and stakeholder work as the bridge.
For the part of her that wants to get hands-on with technology.
Build the foundations.
Study networking, operating systems, identity, access control, and logs. Use the active CompTIA objectives; verify the exam code and retirement date before booking.
Study, then show the work.
Prepare for Security+ alongside an MFA and least-privilege lab and a simulated authentication-log review. Certification becomes a resume claim only after passing.
Get busy with applications.
Apply while building skills. Include security support and IT support as well as junior security roles that accept her experience. A certificate supports the case; it doesn’t promise a job.
The cybersecurity future resumes show possible completed work. They do not assert that she holds a certification, has performed real audits, or has worked in security operations.
THE NEXT CHAPTER, TO GO
Twenty-two resumes. One starting point.
A current and a future edition for every direction. Current editions use her supplied experience. Future editions are clearly marked examples of what completed work could add.
