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[RobHu]

Recruiters generally reformat to their own branded template CV which their recruitment software will generate.

I am aware, but this was a particularly blatant example. I'm not sure whether the info on it was even the same as the original. I don't care too much because the interviewer can obviously see it's been edited, but I do wish they would ask.

 

[grimm]

Fake it til you make it and you will probably be fine. Most companies aren't looking to sack their new hires unless something goes very badly wrong.

 

[ArosaMike]

Agree with many others. Wing it for a bit, and see how you get on.

In more detail though 90% of any management position is personal relationship skills. and people will have respect for you if you ask their opinion on things.....little will they realise you're actually after guidance. Take what they give you, get a general feel for what everyone thinks will work, and implement the general consensus. The majority of people at the coal face know what direction the company needs to move in better than the middle and senior management. Most middle and senior management never actually listen and hence fail. You might actually find you do better than your predecessor.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

I've done something similar on occasion lol wing it until you hit the buffers and hope no-one notices and take it on the chin when they do you'll probably be too embedded to make it worthwhile doing anything more than yell at you when they do, firing and rehiring takes time and effort unless its gross incompetence. You'll pick up the skills in time.

 

[CrimsonAvenger]

Agree with many others. Wing it for a bit, and see how you get on.

In more detail though 90% of any management position is personal relationship skills. and people will have respect for you if you ask their opinion on things.....little will they realise you're actually after guidance. Take what they give you, get a general feel for what everyone thinks will work, and implement the general consensus. The majority of people at the coal face know what direction the company needs to move in better than the middle and senior management. Most middle and senior management never actually listen and hence fail. You might actually find you do better than your predecessor.

This!!!!!

 

[Diagro]

I like to fluff up what I do to get jobs.
Seems to work.

I know exactly what I'm supposed to do. And what would be wanted.
But unfortunately when it comes to it, there just isn't enough time in the day to do it.

Once the jobs secure, it's

 

[HangTime]

The OP has described how about 95% of all PMs I have worked with come across. lol
I personally find PMs in and around IT roles the most overpaid bunch of people I have ever had the misfortune to work with. Obviously not all are incompetent, overpaid fools. It just seems that a large proportion are. I guess it is one of those professions that is something that can be blagged, since you are basically just getting other people to do the work, and can blag swagger/confidence and organisation

One the one hand being a PM in IT means you don't need to to much 'actual work' (i.e. tech implementation, you obviously still need to produce other artefacts) so you can blag to some extent. However the flipside is that you are heavily dependent on the output of others, you can make a commitment based on what your team is telling you and then run aground if they let you down. Whereas say a developer will be more a master of their own destiny.

What I concluded was that competent people should maybe gravitate towards 'doing' roles, because then they won't get let down by less competent people they depend on. Conversely, if you struggle to deliver on specific tasks then maybe Project Management is a good avenue, because you are largely held accountable for how you co-ordinate / report on the actions of others without having to execute it yourself.