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Anonymous wrote:Smart, witty, charming, funny, engaging - a communicator. Very organized. A doer and skilled at coordinating moving parts. Able to find common ground among people. Disarming. A quick thinker, good at solving problems. Very decisive. Curious. Helpful, cheerful, generally nice. Diverse background, educated but not studious or academic. Left- and right-brain capabilities. Friendly, not shy, able to talk to anyone, adaptable, amiable.

If you and your references can provide several examples of all the above you should be in good shape and not asking odd questions on anon DCUM.

Agree.

Your descriptions of yourself is subjective.

"Cheerful, friendly, hard working,..." really Op? I think 99.9% of potential employees would say that about themselves.

How about a bit more concrete- Are you well versed in Software XYZ, working knowledge of the XYZ System, extensive experience working in X industry....you get the point.

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Anonymous wrote:Smart, witty, charming, funny, engaging - a communicator. Very organized. A doer and skilled at coordinating moving parts. Able to find common ground among people. Disarming. A quick thinker, good at solving problems. Very decisive. Curious. Helpful, cheerful, generally nice. Diverse background, educated but not studious or academic. Left- and right-brain capabilities. Friendly, not shy, able to talk to anyone, adaptable, amiable.

Journalist but don't do it.

OP here: I very much intended to go into journalism (broadcasting) but life got in the way. Had some fun internships though!

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Anonymous wrote:What degree(s) do you have? From? How old are you + what experience to you have? Do you golf and/or play tennis? Volunteer work?

BS in communications and an MBA, neither from particularly impressive schools. Thirties. Background in wellness and healthcare, with an IT focus. Love golf.

Sales.

Wellness and healthcare? I’m not sure what “wellness” means but it sounds like you were in some MLM thing or maybe a life coach when you write it like that. IT focus is not meaningful. I spoke to someone the other day who told me he was “practically in tech” because he edits old SQL queries to pull data from a database and the fact that he thinks that’s “tech” is proof that he has no understanding of the field. You need to be specific.

This is OP: wellness refers to the non-profit I founded (we brought yoga to underserved communities, specifically active military members, their families, and veterans). Also worked at a medical cannabis start-up. Am now employed by a very large healthcare system.

I am a data analyst/translator and develop executive-level dashboards in Tableau. I am bored and think I could be doing a lot more and am at the maintenance phase of my job: I built out the data infrastructure for the small but very visible department I support, but there’s really no more to do on that front.

If I want a safe/stable job that doesn’t require much out of me, I can stay where I am, but I am interested in implementing my skills - particularly my people skills - much more than I am now. I feel like a fish out of water currently (in my org’s IT department).

Real estate broker

Pharma sales

Project manager like for big projects

Consultant

Anonymous wrote:Show me don’t tell me.

Exactly!
Hence no job.

Show me don’t tell me.

Anonymous wrote:Smart, witty, charming, funny, engaging - a communicator. Very organized. A doer and skilled at coordinating moving parts. Able to find common ground among people. Disarming. A quick thinker, good at solving problems. Very decisive. Curious. Helpful, cheerful, generally nice. Diverse background, educated but not studious or academic. Left- and right-brain capabilities. Friendly, not shy, able to talk to anyone, adaptable, amiable.

Journalist but don't do it.

Producer. Account executive.

You just described, like, every positive quality. Actual skills would be nice?

museum caretaker

With a background in IT I would suggest project management (get your PMP) or operations management in general. Do you have any specific software or platform skills? There are plenty of consulting jobs out there to implement, configure and onboard new products, migrate data, etc. Your personality will help land new clients and your attention to detail and ability to see the big picture will serve you well.

Program manager

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Anonymous wrote:What degree(s) do you have? From? How old are you + what experience to you have? Do you golf and/or play tennis? Volunteer work?

BS in communications and an MBA, neither from particularly impressive schools. Thirties. Background in wellness and healthcare, with an IT focus. Love golf.

Sales.

Wellness and healthcare? I’m not sure what “wellness” means but it sounds like you were in some MLM thing or maybe a life coach when you write it like that. IT focus is not meaningful. I spoke to someone the other day who told me he was “practically in tech” because he edits old SQL queries to pull data from a database and the fact that he thinks that’s “tech” is proof that he has no understanding of the field. You need to be specific.

Anonymous wrote:Actuarial

That requires mathematical and analysis skills.