career switch

slee335

i was thinking of moving my career more towards team lead/supervisor position doing less technical stuff. iwhats the best way to co about that i was thinking of going for my mcsa but i might hold off on that and go for ITIL. its hard to find that position without any prior experience i did acting supervisor a few time when the supervisor was off or on vacation i have a little.

jones551

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Nervous Interviewer

The best recommendation for you is start applying to a lot of companies and find that one place that will take a chance on you. I assume you have quite a bit of experience within IT which will help a lot in landing a supervisor position. The best companies to look for are the smaller one because they will most likely hire you without experience of a management position or a degree or loads of certificates. Just make sure you knock the ball out of the park when it comes time to interview. Two of my really good buddies started out just like this.

After you land the job, start loading up on whatever they offer you. Certificates, classes, and aid for schooling. If not, ask for this. This will ensure that you have a higher chance of getting a fat pay increases or an opportunity to leave for a better offer. The latter is the better option though.

slee335

thanks i'm trying to transition over to team lead/ supervisor role. its hard with little to no experience. i think i need a great cover letter to wow them anyone had good success doing this not internally ? a lot of time they would do internal promotion to the team lead role / supervisor. right now i'm going for ITIL cert hopefully that get some notice. i'm wondering if i should still go for my vmware and my mcsa if i'm trying to make the switch.

ImThe0ne

slee335 wrote: »

thanks i'm trying to transition over to team lead/ supervisor role. its hard with little to no experience. i think i need a great cover letter to wow them anyone had good success doing this not internally ? a lot of time they would do internal promotion to the team lead role / supervisor. right now i'm going for ITIL cert hopefully that get some notice. i'm wondering if i should still go for my vmware and my mcsa if i'm trying to make the switch.

While some people might disagree, in my opinion, especially with a "Team Lead" role, you still need to be very technical and in the know. The supervisory/team lead role is leading, therefore, if someone has issues they can't fix or something they need assistance with, you need to have the know how to at least assist in the troubleshooting process. So I would stay with the technical side of things also and don't ditch it just yet.

aderon

ImThe0ne wrote: »

While some people might disagree, in my opinion, especially with a "Team Lead" role, you still need to be very technical and in the know. The supervisory/team lead role is leading, therefore, if someone has issues they can't fix or something they need assistance with, you need to have the know how to at least assist in the troubleshooting process. So I would stay with the technical side of things also and don't ditch it just yet.

I think it kind of depends on where you work. My current boss is a freaking technical genius. Really knows his stuff. Whereas my last two jobs there was no expectations for supervisors to know anything on the technical side. They were literally there to manage customer escalations, keep track of employees, monitor department metrics, etc, and then had a "team lead" that they could refer their subordinates to if they had technical questions.

TheFORCE

slee335 wrote: »

i was thinking of moving my career more towards team lead/supervisor position doing less technical stuff. iwhats the best way to co about that i was thinking of going for my mcsa but i might hold off on that and go for ITIL. its hard to find that position without any prior experience i did acting supervisor a few time when the supervisor was off or on vacation i have a little.

Don't take me wrong, but anyone that is looking to become a supervisor or a lead or switch to a management career, needs to have also proper grammar to communicate. You need to be able to articulate yourself to your higher up in a proper way. You are lacking basic communication writing skills from the post. I say it as I see it, sorry.