Project management doesn't imply hiring and firing power in the publishing circles I move in, Zen. Even if project managers do get to weigh in on who they'd like to have on a project or who's not working out, people higher up the food chains make those actual decisions. PMs have always been the people who set up workflows, maintain schedules, track progress on various tasks, and act as the point person with the clients for feedback and distributing information. The cat herder, if you will.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 17, 2019 2:56:33 pm PST #13627 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jesse - Nov 17, 2019 3:07:52 pm PST #13628 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sorry you're in such a shitty place, Zen. But definitely what you were doing is managing/supervising/etc., and like Matt said, describing it as managing projects doesn't imply hiring and firing, just managing the work. Good luck.
But friends with basically normal parents (what even IS that?) just don't understand, and come at me with "But they're your paaaaaaaarents!", like just because their DNA made me I have to let them continue to do damaging shit. I don't. And people who never experienced that don't understand it.
I'm sorry, but friends who say that are terrible. I have/had basically normal parents, and I'm still fully able to understand when people tell me about bad parents, and more to the point, able to take their word for it when they say what they need to do!
bennett - Nov 17, 2019 3:08:47 pm PST #13629 of 30019
There's a lot of jargon to "project management", at least at my place. I probably wouldn't use that phrase on a resume unless I was comfortable using the jargon. You could still say "managed special projects as needed" or whatever.
msbelle - Nov 17, 2019 3:12:12 pm PST #13630 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The project manager job I have on my resume where I was not anyone's boss, but I bossed them around I wrote "prioritized daily work for XXX department".
Also your brain is wrong.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2019 4:13:26 pm PST #13631 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can y'all say "supervised"?
Zenkitty - Nov 17, 2019 4:42:16 pm PST #13632 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'll take a look at Ask a Manager, I hadn't thought of that.
Supervised!
Jesse - Nov 17, 2019 4:48:47 pm PST #13633 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. I did not mean that like Mr Rogers!
Katerina Bee - Nov 17, 2019 7:19:13 pm PST #13634 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
Communicate with clients, manage projects, supervise others. Plus literary skills. Those are all legitimate and you can embellish as needed.
I have had the pain of having sick old cats and it's no picnic. Sending ma and hugs.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 18, 2019 12:26:56 am PST #13635 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I shall say supervised like Mr Rogers if I want too!
I have set mousetraps but my cat is still staring at the stove! I guess I hope a mouse doesn't pop out during city inspection!
Jesse - Nov 18, 2019 3:09:05 am PST #13636 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If having mice meant a place wasn't inhabitable, we'd be in real trouble.