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@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
IT generalist is such an oddity in common speak, sysadmin is a thing, IT guy is a thing, IT generalist? How many people use it?
System Admin is a thing, but not a thing he's ever done. Hence the problem. IT Guy is totally fine, casual, but fine. It implies nothing more than an informal IT Generalist. It implies you fell into it rather than being focused on it, I suppose. I've never seen it on a resume. It's what the secretary who got stuck fixing computers says they do.
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The old school term for an IT Generalist in the SMB space was LAN Admin. It specifically means an IT Generalist who works on the systems attached to a single LAN.
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@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
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@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
I'm guessing if we need to come up with alternate ways to say the same thing then my title can be skipped
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Imagine a job where everyone was just titles a colour or a code. Would you put your job as "Turquoise" or "Maroon" or "Senior Seafoam"? I think not. We only put false titles when we intend to use them to further a lie. If they are ridiculous, we know clearly never to use them. When we know our old employer is stuck backing us up in a lie, suddenly people see a grey area where you might consider using a title even when it is known to be repeating someone else's lie.
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@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
I'm guessing if we need to come up with alternate ways to say the same thing then my title can be skipped
Basically you always skip a title, but you always include a job role.
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@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
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@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
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@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
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@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
It's specific, but maybe not specific to what he did.
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@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
You can't leave that spot blank. Were you meaning to ask about the role and said title instead? You leave off the title, but never leave off the role.
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@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
No need to state role, everyone knows that is what that field is for. You only need to do something like that if including a false title.
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@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
You can't leave that spot blank. Were you meaning to ask about the role and said title instead? You leave off the title, but never leave off the role.
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@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
No need to state role, everyone knows that is what that field is for. You only need to do something like that if including a false title.
What is the role of IT Generalist?
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@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
You can't leave that spot blank. Were you meaning to ask about the role and said title instead? You leave off the title, but never leave off the role.
Exactly.. do NOT do that.
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@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:
@scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:
@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
No need to state role, everyone knows that is what that field is for. You only need to do something like that if including a false title.
What is the role of IT Generalist?
I struggle with this question
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I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
No need to state role, everyone knows that is what that field is for. You only need to do something like that if including a false title.
What is the role of IT Generalist?
What do you mean? It's what you do. It's "all the IT" stuff. It's IT without a specific focus.
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@scottalanmiller So you leave that blank and EXPLAIN the role, correct? That is what you are saying?
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@breffni-potter said in Feedback on Resume:
I call up said company
"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"
"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"
You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.
No, the opposite. If they make up a fake title THEY are lying. If you call and ask an honest question, by law in the US they have to tell the truth. IT Generalist is what he DID, being an IT Manager would legally bind the company to a potential lawsuit in the US as they'd own him manager pay and benefits or whatever and if he wasn't really the manager, they can say "no" even if they used that title potentially.
The truth rules here. And in the US it's a legal thing. They can only confirm or deny, they don't get to really provide an opinion. If they claim you didn't when you did, they get in big trouble. Really big trouble.
It's a lot more simple than that. If you were hired to be a party clown and you're actually a lawyer are you going to put party clown on your resume and let them think you did something you didn't do? No.
Right. You are always free to state your title, but you must do so. Like role Lawyer, title Party Clown. You are free to throw a title out there if you preface that that's all it is. Otherwise, if it isn't ALSO your role, that's flat out lying, whether or not someone at that other firm is willing to lie with you - that doesn't change the lie.
I'm wondering if they would understanding let alone appreciate the clarification honestly
If a title is pointless, skip it. It's just filler. If the title is in some way useful, include it.
yeah I was wondering if it was just better to have no title at all, unless you have a very very specific job. But IT Generalist is the opposite, not specific at all.
I'm looking at it right now and it seems strange. Idk
replace it as Scott said with
Role: abc
No need to state role, everyone knows that is what that field is for. You only need to do something like that if including a false title.
What is the role of IT Generalist?
What do you mean? It's what you do. It's "all the IT" stuff. It's IT without a specific focus.
So is the title AND the role IT Generalist?
As previously mentioned IT Generalist is not something almost any SMB will understand. And while qualified hiring manager might understand IT Generalist - how many of those are actually out there?
I know Scott only runs into qualified hiring managers, because if he talked to someone he felt wasn't one, he'd stop the conversation long before it went anywhere, because he'd likely feel the company isn't worth working for if they don't have a qualified hiring manager.
