Originally posted by slinkydonkey
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In my last perm role I started off enthusiastic and I was given an opportunity to learn SalesForce. However found it impossible to manage the day to day running of the helpdesk with consistant interruptions as well as do the SalesForce side. Eventually they took that away from me without even a word. (don't want to make excuses but my dyslexia didn't help as the interruptions make it hard to concentrate).
I'm not sugarcoating it but it could take you years, particularly if you want to get to a level you can contract again. You need to get on a career path, not a job change.
Often with perm roles the longer you have been their the move work responsibilities they add to your job role. My manager in my last role turned out to be a narcissist and used to say how great he was and "you won't believe how much money I am on". So was a little be draining.
But yes overall you are right I can't be paid for skills you don't have. I did work for a little IT Consultancy before joining my last perm role. I should have stayed! lesson to be learned!
But yes overall you are right I can't be paid for skills you don't have. I did work for a little IT Consultancy before joining my last perm role. I should have stayed! lesson to be learned!
So you are a desktop bod looking to move in to a role you can't do. You need to get the job spec of the role you want to move in to and start learning the competancies around that job. Somehow start trying to do the position you want to move on. It may need a whole new set of competancies so you need to start learning those in the role you are in so you are already competant (to a degree) at the next role making the transition easier. First and foremost is knowing where you want to go. If you know that you know what you need to learn.
Just working hard at the role you are in will get you no where. You need to be ready for the next role, even if you are crap at the one you do. Most of what you learnt in your old job won't mean much when you move. Things might have changed but the big America co's did used to invest in their staff and allowed upward mobility more than some others but there must be plenty of other companies that also do that.
Maybe try a Public Sector employer as well. They are all about moving people about, giving opportunity and the welfare of their staff etc. If your dyslexia is a problem it's a lot less likely to be an issue in a PS role as well as they spend a lot more time on equality and fairness than private do. There are good and bad PS employers of course but the two PS gigs I've had seemed very good places to learn in.
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