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by arouna 1 view

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Difficult career move
I am currently the IS manager for a small law firm (50 Users two states)
I have find it very difficult to land another job as an IS Manager with various tech firms or recruiters due to the fact that I do not have a larger environment experience (500 + users). I am highly skill and certified (MCSE & CNE) and I do not believe that the size of my current users base is that relevant? what do you think?

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by gralfus

There can be lots of other reasons besides the size of the support base you covered. Landing a job involves selling yourself as the best candidate. I've known guys with technical skills that were lousy at interviewing, didn't want to dress appropriately, etc.

Other times the job rec is already invisibly filled with someone, but they have to go through the process for legal reasons.

by jamesrl

Larger environments mean supervising more people, a much more complex environment, different tools, different applications etc.

I'm not suggesting you can't do it, but you would have to prove to the company that you are up to the challenge. I went from an independant consultant where my customers were similar in size to you, to a multinational with tens of thousands of employees, specifically so I could get that experience - it was an eye opener.

James

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