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Learn how to position yourself for career success in digital trust professions as we provide actionable, expert advice on everything from setting goals, to navigating job interviews and offers, to balancing professional and personal demands - and much more! 

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Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Lions and Tigers and Office Politics – Part 2: How to Successfully Join a New Organization, Team or Function

Insights on addressing the learning of politics of a new organization and how to ensure you don’t make mistakes.

6 December 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Lions and Tigers and Office Politics – Oh My

The term 'office politics' often makes people think about toxic or unethical workplace behavior, but office politics are actually a necessity that, if handled artfully, can boost people's careers and help drive progress.

1 November 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Protecting and Improving Your Career: Time for A Career Check-up!

Performing periodic career check-ups through simple steps such as updating goals and professional profiles can go a long way toward sustaining career success over the long-haul.

2 October 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

New Job. Red Flags. How Long Do You Give It?

Starting a new job is often challenging, but how can new job-starters determine whether the unease is part of the normal adjustment period or if legitimate red flags exist that might mean it's time to move on quicker than they had planned?

6 September 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

New Job? Here’s How to Start Off On the Right Foot

The ISACA community provides a wealth of tips for new hires on how they can better acclimate and build strong relationships when starting their new job.

9 August 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Resume Ethics in Digital Trust

How do hiring leaders perceive a lapsed certification that is not identified as such; the inclusion of a degree that isn’t quite finished without that additional detail; experience that is not what it is stated to be; and other untruths?

5 July 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

How to Manage Job Offers Like a Pro

Landing a job offer is naturally the goal of candidates who are engaged in the hiring process, but when it's offer time, there's much more to the back and forth between candidate and prospective employer than just saying yes or no.

7 June 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

It’s Personal: You Define What Success and Work-Life Balance Mean for You

Finding work-life balance can be challenging, especially in demanding digital trust fields, but there are several tactics that can help professionals find the right blend of personal and professional.

3 May 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

How to Help a University Student Excel on the Internship Front

University students interested in internships need to be proactive to position themselves for the experiences they need to effectively jump-start their careers.

5 April 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Interviews. Pitch. Audition. Marathon! (Part 2)

A thoughtful, strategic approach to interviews will dramatically improve a candidate's chances to land job offers.

1 March 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Interviews. Pitch. Audition. Marathon!

Digital trust professionals typically remain in-demand even at times when economic conditions are not ideal.

1 February 2023
The Career-Changing Impact of Mentorship
@ISACA Article

The Career-Changing Impact of Mentorship

ISACA's Mentorship Program was highlighted in a recent ISACA Live conversation spotlighting the benefits of connection and professional growth.

25 January 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Perennial New Year’s Question: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

The start of a new year for some professionals means time to think about whether they intend to stick with their current job or pursue a new opportunity.

4 January 2023
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Generosity: Good as Gold, in Your Life and Career

Being generous with your time and talent can lay the foundation for a successful and rewarding career.

7 December 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Plan to Make 2023 Your Best Career Year Yet

Now is the time to begin planning in earnest for career success in 2023.

2 November 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Mentor Magic: How To Make Mentorship Work for Your Career

Mentorship can play a valuable role in advancing digital trust professionals' careers, but being mentored effectively is not as simple as just showing up to have coffee.

12 October 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Rookie Success Factors: Career Advice from the ISACA community

Career Corner columnist Caitlin McGaw compiles a treasure trove of early-career tips and guidance for rising digital trust professionals.

7 September 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Rocket Fuel for Your Career: Stories that Inspire, Influence and Build Your Brand

“My boss tells amazing stories. I could listen to her for hours.” I was talking with an IT audit manager at a global pharma company when she made that comment.

3 August 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Job Descriptions Falling Down on the Job: What Hiring Managers Can Do to Fix This Calamity

Most hiring managers never thought they would have to master the art of copywriting. Documentation – yes. Report writing – yes. Ad copy – not so much.

6 July 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Ready to Crush Interviews? Add This Superpower to Your Career

Is there a secret sauce to interviewing? In a word, yes.

1 June 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Job Change and Buyer’s Remorse: Minimize Risk and Maximize Opportunity

It seemed like the perfect thing. The amazing gadget, the miracle face cream, the cool designer shoes – finally on sale.

4 May 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Layer Cake Paradigm Part II: Great Interview Questions that Make You Memorable

Recapping quickly, our focus in this article is how to ask questions during job interviews that “get the job done.”

20 April 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Layer Cake Paradigm: Strategies for Asking Great Questions at Each Interview Stage

This is the first of a two-part article on how to ask questions during interviews that “get the job done,” meaning they help you stand out from the competition, and they get you the valuable information you need to do excellent due diligence in the job search process.

6 April 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Great Resource Roundup

A fact of modern life: We love curated lists and recommendations. Yelp, Wirecutter, Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon, and so many more … we all have our go-tos. Recommendations make life easier and more interesting.

2 March 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Job Search Timing Conundrum

Hiring for IT audit, IT GRC and information security roles appears to be in full-tilt boogie mode. Posts from hiring leaders promoting their openings are appearing frequently on LinkedIn.

2 February 2022
Jon Brandt
@ISACA Article

Finding Calm Amid Chaos: Improving Work-Life Balance

Many write about the need for work-life balance, but nothing affirms its criticality more than a negative health report. Recently, a friend required significant medical treatment, which provided some additional inspiration for this column.

12 January 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Develop This Essential Career Skill in 2022: Getting to the Next Question

The head of IT audit at a major global organization once told me that an absolutely critical thing to success on the job was “getting to the next question.”

5 January 2022
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

How to Ace Your Performance Review

So, do you prepare for your performance review? Like, really prepare – meaning that you have a list of your accomplishments.

1 December 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Counteroffers on the Rise: Job Seekers, Be Prepared for a Wild Ride

The counteroffer strategy typically lies dormant until talent shortages mount. Then, they start popping up like mushrooms after a rain. Like mushrooms, some are tasty, while many are detrimental to your career; some are deadly damaging.

3 November 2021
Tips of the Trade- Todd Weinman
@ISACA Article

‘How Much Does It Pay?’

As a recruiter who specializes in recruiting audit and GRC professionals, I spend significant amounts of time each week reaching out to prospective candidates, via email, InMail, or phone, about the opportunities for which we are recruiting.

20 October 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Profile: The Most Underrated Section in the Modern CV

The Profile or Summary section at the very beginning of many résumés is the most underrated and abused section of all. Underrated because most professionals don’t fully understand how powerful this opening section of the CV can be, which is to say, extremely powerful.

6 October 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Are Video CVs Back? Hiring Leaders Weigh In

This past July, TikTok launched a trial video résumé program to connect job-seekers with more than 30 major companies, including Target, Chipotle and Shopify. The job listings were a mix--for example, a “restaurant team member” for Chipotle and a senior data engineer for Shopify.

1 September 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

‘The Great Resignation’: The First Thing You MUST Do If Considering a Job Change

Of late, I have had both hiring managers and IT audit, GRC and security practitioners calling to ask about the “Great Resignation.” Team leaders are worried about retention and back-filling roles.

18 August 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Influencing and Engaging Gen Z: Let’s Fill the Workforce Gap!

Back in March, I wrote a blog post for ISACA Now titled “IT Audit is ‘Boring’? Time to Fix the Perception Problem.” The post seemed to strike a chord; it stirred up a lot of conversation globally and generated more than 9,000 views on LinkedIn.

4 August 2021
Daisy Madeleine Jardine-Viner
@ISACA Article

The Final Decision: Which Cybersecurity Job Offer Should I Accept?

As a recruiter, it isn’t uncommon for my cybersecurity candidates to end up with three or four job offers. I recently worked with a candidate who was trying to decide between seven! In this in-demand field, how do you work out which job offer to accept?

28 July 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

What Do You Want Your Career to Be? Now’s the Time to Ideate

The second half of 2021 is the ideal time to dream, plan, revise and set new goals. This second half of the year is like none other before. Many are reclaiming a sense of normalcy after a health crisis that shut down the world. It is tempting to dive into that with trips...

21 July 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Best Interview Hack? Start With Rethinking Your Résumé

Most people face job interviews with a degree of trepidation about the unknown-ness of it all. There is the sense of the interview being sort of a black box. The biggest bogey is trying to suss out what the hiring team is really looking for.

7 July 2021
Daisy Jardine-Viner
@ISACA Article

Three Ways to Limit Burnout and Improve Work-Life Balance in Cybersecurity

As a recruiter, it’s my job to speak with professionals who are actively or passively considering looking for a new job. One of the most common discussions I have now (even more so since the pandemic) is around work-life balance and burnout.

23 June 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

What the Heck is ‘Auditor Instinct’? IT Audit and Security Leaders Provide the Low-down

For years, I have had IT audit directors ask me, as a recruiter, to look for experienced IT audit professionals with “auditor instinct” – that ability to “just know” when something isn’t quite right and when more questions and more digging are is needed to surface the big issues, the root causes, the major findings.

16 June 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

The Risk of Remote Work

When it comes to how people work, 2020 was a fantastic experiment, demonstrating that millions of professionals in myriad roles, across a plethora of company sectors and sizes, around the world, can successfully work remotely.

2 June 2021
Daisy Jardine-Viner
@ISACA Article

Developing Your Career in Cybersecurity

In my previous article “Becoming a CISO,” one of the core pieces of advice was to stay curious and always learn. In the cybersecurity space, learning and development is crucial to progression.

26 May 2021
Caitlin McGaw
@ISACA Article

Improving the Odds of Your Résumé Reaching the Hands of a Human

Talent acquisition and HR teams like ATSs because they reduce the hours spent by humans (often too few in HR functions) reading résumés. Presumably, the AI in the ATS system can parse for key words and match those to a job description and any other custom parameters that a company builds into their résumé screening.

5 May 2021
Daisy Jardine-Viner
@ISACA Article

Becoming a CISO

Almost every candidate recruiters speak to in cybersecurity wants to know one thing: How do I reach the top and get to that CISO level? Speaking with individuals who specialize in the space is one of the best places to start.

28 April 2021