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!
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.
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.
Can y'all say "supervised"?
I'll take a look at Ask a Manager, I hadn't thought of that.
Supervised!
Heh. I did not mean that like Mr Rogers!
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.
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!
If having mice meant a place wasn't inhabitable, we'd be in real trouble.
In other news, when I have minor health things, I tend to ignore them and hope they go away. Well, recently, I have tried the idea of OTC treatments, and guess what? Sometimes they work! I have a skin thing that I finally bought some cream for, and it is better! And I took some Advil PM last night, and I think it helped me sleep better! Amazing. (I have never found antihistamines to make me fall asleep, but that isn't my problem at night anyway.)
