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Anya Shpilman

Sep 28, 2026

NikHOST
1:06
It's very much a dependent question, but the part of the question I really liked was, how can I prepare myself as much as I can for the GCC market during this last semester, along with the rise of AI and security as well?
1:18
Okay, so first of all, congratulations.
1:21
Second...
1:23
Do you know, actually, it's quite tough for students to come back to GCC when they do university degrees elsewhere.
1:32
But I think for anyone, for whether you finish university here, US or wherever it might be, experience is your main thing, right? So you've done the theoretical stuff, you've done your lectures or whatever it might be, just get your hands on any internships, get In regards to what you want to do in your career, it depends on what you like to do, right? Some people like offensive stuff, some people like defensive stuff, some people like compliance.
1:57
Some people do, right? Whatever it is that you enjoyed.
2:01
I'm not sure how cybersecurity degrees work, by the way, but I'm sure there's parts of it that you liked.
NikHOST
6:01
He says, why are companies using AI during the hiring process when it's clearly an awful idea?
NikHOST
2:36
What would you do next exactly from the first call to the final hire? Like step by step.
2:41
Okay, so...
2:44
I think we've talked about this, by the way, in the last podcast, but I'll repeat myself.
2:47
So I have, when I started CyberFuse, I was doing recruitment like every other agency was doing it.
2:54
And I was doing contingency basis.
2:56
So what that means is when you hire someone, you pay me a percentage of their annual salary.
3:02
So it still works.

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