Author: Kathleen Smith

Kathleen Smith is Chief Outreach Officer for ClearedJobs.Net, a veteran owned company. She spearheads the community-building, and communications outreach initiatives catering to the both organizations’ many audiences including security cleared job seekers, cybersecurity candidates and  military personnel as well as cleared facilities employers. Kathleen has built key relationships with recruiting industry leaders as well as community insiders over the last 20 years in the community.

Kathleen has presented at several security conferences on recruiting and job search within the cyber security world to include BSidesLV, BSidesTampa, BSidesDC, FedCyber. Kathleen volunteers in the cybersecurity community; she is the Director, HireGround, BSidesLV’s two day career track; Women in Cybersecurity, National Conference Planning Committee, and Women in Cybersecurity Celebration Planning Committee. Kathleen is a frequent contributor to The CyberWire on recruiting and job search within the cybersecurity community and was featured in a two part Federal Game Changers podcast. Finally, Kathleen is well respected within the recruiting community and is the co-founder and Past President of recruitDC, the largest community of recruiters in the Washington DC area.