Bit of a long story but basically I was a Project Manager for a global company albeit under the job title of 'Ops manager' until I was made redundant last year. The redundancy hit me harder than I thought it would and I soon became depressed when looking for work, anyway one evening last year I saw a job on jobserve for support work and I applied, it's something I had done for years before my Ops manager role so I guess I felt comfortable about this. I got the contract and I loved it, it lifted my spirits and brought some money in, plus I enjoyed the crack being 'one of the boys again.' When this finished I applied for another support job because I was enjoying it and got another contract, which is where the problem begins....
My wife thinks I'm lazy because I could be earning more doing PM contracts and I have to agree with her. I like desktop support work and the guys I work with but I really could do with earning a bit more money and planning some security for the future. Trouble is my CV now reads a little odd, it goes desktop support, team leader, Ops manager then desktop support, desktop support etc..added to this I can't convince agencies that I can manage projects as my CV doesn't say 'Project Manager' although I do have a Prince2 practitioners cert.
If I omit my last two contracts from my CV I have a 12 month gap, but I can't really lie about a full year can I ?!?!?
My wife thinks I'm lazy because I could be earning more doing PM contracts and I have to agree with her. I like desktop support work and the guys I work with but I really could do with earning a bit more money and planning some security for the future. Trouble is my CV now reads a little odd, it goes desktop support, team leader, Ops manager then desktop support, desktop support etc..added to this I can't convince agencies that I can manage projects as my CV doesn't say 'Project Manager' although I do have a Prince2 practitioners cert.
If I omit my last two contracts from my CV I have a 12 month gap, but I can't really lie about a full year can I ?!?!?
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