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Does jp Morgan provides headset too
Anyone hiring enterprise sales in ATL?
As a lady, being curved by a guy indeed sucks 😅
Ego should never matter
Money and job satisfaction matters
I’ll take a head janitor title over a VP title if it paid more. Stop worrying about what others think.
How many times do you actually tell anyone your actual job title? I’m not being snarky. I just say “I work in the insurance industry” or I work for “insert agency name here.” You could take the new job and say: “ I work for the government or I work in X department for the IRS or whatever. It’s ok to be vague.
Titles change so much from place to place. A senior associate at X company maybe more junior vs in leadership at Y company. Long story short - don’t worry about it. If you see upward mobility and this is the sector you want to work in, go for it
I’d also say that the specific type of “assistant” you are will be key. Since you’re an account manager, I’d say you’d probably come in more as a special assistant vs pure admin. In that case, your exit opps to policy shops are pretty good if it doesn’t work out
You may want to look into the culture at the gov department you’re interested in bc upward mobility at some of these institutions is near impossible for entry level admin staff. Consider aiming for a non-entry level position that’s more commensurate with your current skillset and level of responsibility. And once in, be ready to play the politics. Private vs public sector are worlds apart.
This. My buddy moved from support/helpdesk level 2 to IT facilities engineer in the gov, it was like an instant $10-20,000 raise in income and now he’s interviewing for roles in 90-100. But he didn’t take 2 steps back to do one forward. He waited for the right time.
Which branch of government? It is a very slow moving beast and you might find it glacially boring compared to what you do now.
May I offer a perspective.... Will your future self, 5-10yrs from now, look back and thank your old self from making the leap of faith?
What's the worst that can happen, you don't like it and you can go back to a similar position?
I worked for an organization were titles were changed whenever we would have face to face meetings with clients. We did this as to not confuse the clients to our individual hierarchy and contribution. All of us had the title of manager. When I left the company I just kept my “Senior” client-facing title. I would never let a title stop me if the position and the money were right. And depending on the company and/ or industry, sometimes titles are just a matter of semantics. If the title is Assistant and you prefer Manager and you have already had 5 yrs experience as an Account Manager, take the role, but keep the Account Manager title on your resume and don't list the the title on your LinkedIn. I let my former boss /reference know my reasoning for keeping the “Sr.” on my title and he was cool with it. Ego or semantics, this is minor in the big picture of your end goal. Good luck...and I hope you land where you want.
Rising Star
As a former recruiter I can tell you your title doesn’t mean squat.
I used to hire directors and sr directors etc who were doing manager level work and vice versa.
Account Management might sound impressive or important to you but what’s more important is are you doing the job you want to do where you want to do it…and based on your posting, the answer is no.
Also, I’d hammer out what you want to do for the government and go find that job in the private sector - get the experience and if you want to dive into the government and take a pay cut, have at it.
Chief
Check out the book 'Ego Is The Enemy.'
I wouldn’t allow the title to deter you from making a move that would be more beneficial in the long run. Last year I left my old firm as a senior paralegal managing a team and went to a bigger firm as a regular paralegal. It did feel like a step back as I was no longer managing people and had my own caseload again. I haven’t been at the new firm a year yet and recently promoted to a training manager starting next week. So that short term step back ended up taking me multiple steps forward, further than I imagined going at my previous firm. Not to mention I’m being paid over 60% more now. I know it’s a different field, but just an example of humbling yourself to allow for overall progression. Good luck!
The i think i tell myself, we are like hoes anyway, so who pays more gets the service!