Leighton was working in delivery for Amazon while undertaking some basic IT qualifications. He had been told by other recruiters in the tech sector that someone like him with a non-technical background would have to work in general IT for up to two years before he could even consider a role with cyber in the title.
“This inherited belief that someone with a non-technical background couldn’t learn cyber without years of experience was very disempowering. Fortunately for me, those recruiters were wrong.”
Despite being sceptical of WithYouWithMe at first, Leighton signed up for
Potential, completed his psychometric and aptitude testing and from there, he never looked back.
“I was contacted by Tim and Laura at WithYouWithMe to discuss my skills report. The aptitude testing showed that I was well suited to a role in cyber, so I entered the
cyber pathway.”