25; I’m still waiting on a title change and raise I was promised in October. Turns out doing system administration work, software deployment, RMM management, and CADD support all while being payed as a support tech isn’t such a great idea. Oh well, at least my resume is stacked for when I leave.
As someone who has done that, it is an uphill battle to get recognized for that work without the proper title. It’s mostly recruiters who want easy commissions who won’t advocate for you and quite a few HR people will screen you out even if you seem to have the skills just because you don’t have that title. I hope you have a better job search than I did after doing that for a company.
Yeah, I’ve seen a bit of that. We’ll see here in a couple months when I get to actively job searching. Luckily I’m in such a niche skill base that I think I’ll be okay, but you never know. Thanks for the heads up!
Sorry you had to go through it; it’s very exhausting and miserable, as you probably know.
You’ll be okay, regardless. You have the skills and can prove it, if given the chance. It is just frustrating trying to get to that point sometimes. Just keep your head up and reiterate the specifics of your skills to recruiters and during phone screens. Once you get to those first actual interviews, it gets a lot easier since so many people have this shared experience. I had so many interviewers ask the same question I felt like I was reciting a monologue from a movie after a while. :D
25; I’m still waiting on a title change and raise I was promised in October. Turns out doing system administration work, software deployment, RMM management, and CADD support all while being payed as a support tech isn’t such a great idea. Oh well, at least my resume is stacked for when I leave.
As someone who has done that, it is an uphill battle to get recognized for that work without the proper title. It’s mostly recruiters who want easy commissions who won’t advocate for you and quite a few HR people will screen you out even if you seem to have the skills just because you don’t have that title. I hope you have a better job search than I did after doing that for a company.
Yeah, I’ve seen a bit of that. We’ll see here in a couple months when I get to actively job searching. Luckily I’m in such a niche skill base that I think I’ll be okay, but you never know. Thanks for the heads up!
Sorry you had to go through it; it’s very exhausting and miserable, as you probably know.
You’ll be okay, regardless. You have the skills and can prove it, if given the chance. It is just frustrating trying to get to that point sometimes. Just keep your head up and reiterate the specifics of your skills to recruiters and during phone screens. Once you get to those first actual interviews, it gets a lot easier since so many people have this shared experience. I had so many interviewers ask the same question I felt like I was reciting a monologue from a movie after a while. :D