A job title gives people a quick way to understand the position you had. But it was never designed to capture everything you learned while you were there.
As time moves on, your work demands more.
You become the go-to person coworkers come to with questions. You learn how to handle situations that fall outside the normal scope of your work. You recognize problems because you've seen them before. You may train new employees, take on additional responsibilities, or become someone others rely on when they aren't sure what to do.
None of those things necessarily change your title.
When you're ready for something different, though, that title can become the main way you think about your experience. You search for jobs with similar titles. You describe your experience using the duties associated with those positions. Eventually, you may start making decisions about what you're qualified for based on the job titles you've had in the past.
When this is the approach, a lot can get missed.
Your title tells us where you were in an organization. Your experience tells us much more about what you learned to do while you were there.
And that experience follows you.
You don't lose what you've learned because the next position has a different title. The problems you've learned to solve, the situations you've learned to manage, and the responsibilities you've taken on are still part of your experience.
That's why understanding what you've actually learned to do matters when you're thinking about what's next.
A job title tells the position you had, but it doesn’t say everything you learned while you were there.
Look beyond the title
If you've spent years explaining your experience through job titles and duties, What Your Experience Really Says was created to help you take a closer look.
The $27 guide helps you identify the skills and capabilities within work you've already done so you can better understand what your experience may prepare you to do next.
You've done the work. Now it's time to clearly see what it says.
You're not unqualified. You're MISTRANSLATED.
To landing what you've earned,
Kourtney Checots
Career Strategist
Founder, MISTRANSLATED