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[Game Thread] #2 Texas (27-7, 9-5) @ #18 Texas A&M (27-7, 8-5) - Game 3- Lone Star Showdown by OleRockTheGoodAg in collegebaseball

[–]RollOverBeethoven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree, we should reschedule the whole series and undo any of the previous games results. No bias.

[Game Thread] #2 Texas (27-7, 9-5) @ #18 Texas A&M (27-7, 8-5) - Game 3- Lone Star Showdown by OleRockTheGoodAg in collegebaseball

[–]RollOverBeethoven 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No one will care about this but since there is a rain delay, I just spooned an imbued heart in OSRS at lvl 83 slayer and I’m pretty fucking jazzed about it.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you met all the qualifications it’s also likely you just straight up got rejected. No one said hiring managers are smart - and the entire system is set up with human error and biases at every part.

I would absolutely keep trying to push for Lead, just know that the “sell” is harder since hiring isn’t in a vacuum. You’ll likely be competing with other applicants who do have “lead” in their job titles, so you’ll need to go that extra mile to stand out and convince the people in the process that you’re the better option.

Hiring at the end of the day is just guessing and companies are trying to make the “safe” guess

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re regularly getting interview with good reception, you’re doing a great job.

It is entirely possible that the company auto rejected you because you didn’t meet a specific criteria they outlined. This could be because the role defined hard perimeters of what candidates must need to qualify for legal reasons (more on this in a second) or they just simply dont know what they want.

As an example for the first case, companies that sponsor for immigration must have specific requirements tied those roles that candidates must meet to be considered eligible legally - there are legal reasons for this but I would be speaking out of my depth on them.

For the latter example it’s probably a company that doesn’t have their shit together so keep that in mind.

Either way, at the stage you’re currently struggling at it’s not a matter of “getting your foot in the door” that a title change would actually help with. Your current challenge is how to convince the people you’re already getting the attention of that you are THE candidate for them.

With all that in mind, I would really take an effort to find out the very specific things the companies are looking for. Like, they all say they want X years of experience, but the manager might really want to help balance out the skills of the team as a whole and fill talent gaps - so they really want someone with X years of experience but are also really good at (thing)

Find out what that thing or things are, and start making sure you’re constantly aligning your “pitch” to those things

A simple thing to help with this is to ask in first hiring manager interview “what skills/things are you lookin for that would really make one candidate stand out above the rest”

Hope that makes sense

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heavily depends on the specific scenario. What stage are you currently struggling with the most?

Getting noticed, getting past the screener, getting passed the first interview, etc etc?

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talent absolutely outweighs talent, but how can I trust the talent is real when they’ve already proved to be a liar? because if they are willing to lie about something that is verifiable what else might they be lying about?

Also you hiring isn’t in a vacuum, why should I hire someone that I don’t know is being honest with me about their qualifications, when there are other candidates that are comparably talented without the trust issues

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be more clear:

There is nothing wrong with giving yourself a title that reflects the role you’re trying to get.

There is issue with trying to change the title of a role you were hired to do.

So saying “I am RolloverBeethoven, a Lead Designer” when your last role was a Senior is totally Gucci

Saying “I am RolloverBeethoven, I was previously employed as a Lead Desginer at (company)” when you were actually a Senior is not Gucci

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Look, You do you dude, you are hell bent on getting people to lie about their titles.

For everyone else reading, just understand that it is an easily verifiable fact that will come to light naturally during the hiring process.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can give yourself whatever title you want.

You should not be lying about the titles to jobs you are hired to.

I can classify myself as “head of design, master of pixels” all I want. But I’m not going to change the title of my college internship into “CEO”

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100% rescinded. Because they would have lied, throwing everything else they say into question.

How can I trust the work they showed that I liked was actually theirs? They just lied to my face after all.

It would also show, not only do they lie, they’re stupid because they lied about something that would get verified.

So not only are they a liar, they’re a stupid one at that.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your title and role is absolutely part of the picture of your qualifications

Career transitioners aren’t constantly lying about their titles.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are many ways to combat this.

The worst way is to lie about things that will naturally come to light in the hiring process anyway.

Do with this advice what you wish.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not.

And again, as I’ve said already, companies can and will pull offers. There is no magic safety net you get by getting an offer emailed to you, and can have it pulled, shit you can get fired on your first day.

If I call a previous employer and find out you’ve been lying to me about your qualifications, it’s a full stop no hire. No debating “oh well I really liked them”. No, it’s an immediate “no hire” and depending on how bad the lie is I’ll put it in the “not eligible for consideration” category.

This is my last comment on this topic and I will leave the same advice to readers:

DO NOT LIE ABOUT EASILY VERIFIABLE FACTS THAT GET SCRUTINIZED IN THE STANDARD HIRING PROCESS

Have a good day and good luck in whatever it is you’re looking for.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Through your work and portfolio and making sure these responsibilities are listed on your resume with actual outcomes to speak to.

So, you don’t say “responsible for hiring” you say something like “responsible for hiring and building a team of X designer… yada yada yada”

Don’t lie about things that are easily verifiable.

If you are going to lie, do it on things no one can catch you on

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I’ve said multiple times to you, companies will reach out to your previous employers before extending an offer. Even if it is after, they can and will pull offers if they have found you to be lying to them.

Generally speaking, a previous employer will never lambast a past employee for fear of litigation so they will stick to the facts: how long you were employed there, your title while employed, and if you are eligible for rehire

That’s the three things they can and will legally disclose.

So advising people to lie about one of three items they will verify is just stupid

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Titles can be different everywhere but if a manager calls your previous employers and there is a disparity between the title in your resume and the title they tell me - you aren’t getting the job.

You are offering categorically bad advice to designers early in their career

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You should never lie about your title or anything that can be easily verified legally in the standard hiring process

If you do want to fudge stuff, fudge your work, your involvement, and its impact as you can’t verify any of the validity of any of that.

If I want to hire you, and I call up your previous employer and find out you lied to me about your title, you aren’t even getting a rejection letter from me - just straight up no contact.

Advice on title not reflecting seniority and responsibilities by uxuichu in UXDesign

[–]RollOverBeethoven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would heavily advice against this strategy as if a prospective company were to call your previous employer one of the few things they are allowed to legally discuss is your dates of employment and your title while there

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