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I am in a point in my life where I am changing careers. I am currently a Business Owner, and have been taking steps to transition into IT, which sounds crazy, but I love this stuff! I currently have an A+ certification, and am studying for Network+ currently. I have a friend who works in an ISD’s Tech department who was talking to the System Admin at another school who mentioned he just got approved for the budget to hire a Junior Admin in Training. Said System Admin mentioned that he needs someone soon, and that if I was at least A+ certified and had some college that I should apply.<\/p>\n
So my question is this; What should my title on my resume be? IT, Tech Support, Help Desk? Thanks guys!<\/p>","upvoteCount":16,"answerCount":10,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:08:06.000Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"andrewpopplewell","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/andrewpopplewell"},"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I’m not sure you can use a title unless you’ve been in that position officially. What you should do is post your business owner experience, as well as your education.<\/p>","upvoteCount":6,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:20:19.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jimmy-t","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/jimmy-t"}},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I am in a point in my life where I am changing careers. I am currently a Business Owner, and have been taking steps to transition into IT, which sounds crazy, but I love this stuff! I currently have an A+ certification, and am studying for Network+ currently. I have a friend who works in an ISD’s Tech department who was talking to the System Admin at another school who mentioned he just got approved for the budget to hire a Junior Admin in Training. Said System Admin mentioned that he needs someone soon, and that if I was at least A+ certified and had some college that I should apply.<\/p>\n
So my question is this; What should my title on my resume be? IT, Tech Support, Help Desk? Thanks guys!<\/p>","upvoteCount":16,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:08:06.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"andrewpopplewell","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/andrewpopplewell"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Information Technology Support Technician?<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:20:25.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin-Keutmann","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/Kevin-Keutmann"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
The truth? Self-employed.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:26:53.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"mooney","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/mooney"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Thanks for the feedback guys! I should have mentioned, I did do data maintenance(Back-ups of e-mail, resumes, company information, maps from Chrome Drive to External HDD’s) in an official capacity for a recruiting company my In-laws own. That was basically Help-Desk level work and I still independently work on their PC’s/Laptops/E-mail.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:28:32.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/5","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"andrewpopplewell","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/andrewpopplewell"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Don’t focus on a title, focus on your skills, knowledge, and your abilities. You are selling yourself, not your title.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:28:54.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rivitir","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/Rivitir"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Thanks guys, that’s what I will focus on then! That makes sense, I was debating on putting a title on the resume at all…don’t want to seem too cheeky hahaha.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2014-08-18T15:31:09.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/wow-good-news-for-me-but-i-have-a-question/331244/7","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"andrewpopplewell","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/andrewpopplewell"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"