For the past few weeks, we've been talking about looking beyond your job title and paying closer attention to what your experience has actually taught you to do.
Now I want to show you what that can look like when you're searching for your next opportunity.
There are jobs you may scroll past simply because the title doesn't sound like anything you've done before.
I understand why.
When you've spent years working in human services, social work, case management, counseling, or another helping profession, it can be easy to search for opportunities using the titles and language you already know.
But a different title doesn't always mean completely different work.
So I'm trying something new.
From time to time, I'm going to share opportunities that caught my attention and explain why I think they're worth a second look.
This isn't about telling you that you're qualified for every job I share. You still need to read the qualifications carefully and determine whether your experience meets what the employer is asking for.
The goal is to help you recognize possibilities you might otherwise overlook.
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator | Colorado Department of Human Services
Remote, Colorado | Full time | $3,369.69–$4,044 biweekly (~ $87,600–$105,100 annually) | Closes September 4, 2026
Why I'm sharing it
Coordinator can sound administrative, but helping professionals coordinate work constantly. If you've managed cases, followed up with providers, tracked deadlines, documented progress, resolved barriers, and kept multiple parties moving toward an outcome, you've already developed coordination and program-management capabilities. The opportunity is learning to describe that experience beyond the language of a caseload.
Think about your experience with:
Coordinating services, cases, projects, or multiple priorities across different people and teams
Tracking progress, following up on outstanding needs, and ensuring required steps are completed
Working within policies, procedures, regulations, and established program requirements
Communicating across clients, providers, leadership, community partners, or multidisciplinary teams
Coordinator, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
Coordinator, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) | Episcopal Relief & Development
Remote, U.S. | $34–$36/hour | Apply by September 14
Why I'm sharing it
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning may sound highly specialized, but much of the work is rooted in skills helping professionals use every day: tracking progress, maintaining documentation, coordinating across teams, and noticing when something isn’t working. This is the kind of opportunity worth looking at beyond the title.
Think about your experience with:
Tracking client, program, service, or project progress and maintaining required documentation
Coordinating multiple priorities, deadlines, meetings, and follow-up activities across teams
Following established procedures and quality standards while identifying opportunities to improve processes
Building relationships and communicating with colleagues, providers, community partners, or other stakeholders
Before you rule yourself out
You won't be qualified for every opportunity I share.
However, I do want you to get into the habit of reading beyond the title itself.
Look at the responsibilities, and the qualifications. Think about where you've done similar work, even if you did it in a completely different setting or under a completely different title.
Then decide whether the opportunity should be looked at closer.
A job title doesn't tell you whether you're qualified. Read what they're actually asking someone to do.
You may find that your experience gives you more places to look than you thought.
You're not unqualified. You're MISTRANSLATED.
To landing what you've earned,
Kourtney Checots
Career Strategist
Founder, MISTRANSLATED