Mark Donaldson Testimonial | From Finance to Cybersecurity

Hi, I'm Mark. I was studying with learning people to try and break into cybersecurity, coming from a non-cyber background. So the certifications I did were CompTIA Network+, Security+, AZ-900 and currently I'm in the middle of certified ethical hacker.

I heard about Learning People just from online. I was trying to break into cybersecurity, but I really didn't want to have to go back into full-time education or go back to uni. So I knew I had to do maybe some certifications, but I wasn't sure exactly which ones I should do. So Learning People were actually able to give me a pathway.

The initial consultation was good. It was more of just like a long, detailed phone call, but it was useful because I wasn't too sure of exactly what I should be doing. So the adviser essentially just gauged what my background was, which is essentially nothing in cybersecurity, then was able to give me a rundown of the course and the certifications that he recommended and what my career path could look like.

Enrolling with Learning People generally changed my career development. A lot of these jobs that I was applying to were saying entry- level, but most entry- level jobs these days still are asking for experience, something I clearly didn't have. But by doing the certifications that the adviser told me to do, it actually put me steps ahead of a lot of people I was applying for. My manager at the moment in my new job even said that the one I was applying for, he got thousands of applications, but most of them are rolled out automatically because of certain things. Certifications are obviously what made me stand above the crowd.