What Are Management Jobs?
Simply,
management jobs are those jobs where
your role is to accomplish things through the work of others rather than by
doing the work yourself. A Production Manager does not operate one of the
machines even though he or she may be better at it than some of the machine
operators. A Software Development Manager does not write lines of code even
though they are capable of doing so. People in management jobs do one thing,
they manage.
What Are Not Management Jobs?
If
you are a team leader, or a lead welder, head cashier, or senior programmer,
you are not in a management job.
There may be times when you manage people, but yours is not a management job. When you do the same
work as the others in your group, you are not in a management job.
What Kinds of Management Jobs Are
There?
There
are management jobs in every
profession, every industry, and every location. There are management jobs in
large and small companies and in both non-profit corporations and for-profit
companies.
How Do I Qualify For Management
Jobs?
To
qualify for management jobs, you
have to demonstrate two things. You must show that you have a mastery of the
tasks that are done by the group you will manage and, more importantly, you
must be able to show an ability to manage people.
How Do I Get A Fist Management Job?
Like
most other jobs, though, no one wants to give you that first management job unless you have
experience and you can't get experience if no one will give you a first job.
How Do I Get Higher Management Jobs?
Like
a first management job, you qualify
for higher management jobs by
demonstrating your ability to handle the management job you have. You will
never get promoted until you show you can easily handle the role you are in.
Beyond that, you need to recognize that at each level you are competing with
more and more candidates for fewer and fewer management jobs. In a large
company, for example, there may be many first line managers, but there will
only be one CEO.
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