Marketing Yourself as an IT Jack-of-All-Trades?
ultimatemonty asks: "As an IT professional looking for a new job, I'm trying to figure out how to market myself as a 'jack-of-all-trades' IT worker. I'm currently employed at a medium sized university as a video conferencing specialist. I'm good (competent) at many IT related tasks (Linux server management, programming, Windows/Linux desktop support, video conferencing support, etc...), but specialize or excel in none of them, sort of like the lone IT manager in a small shop. What kinds of jobs would the you look for with this kind of work experience, and how would you market yourself (design your resume, cover letter, and so forth) to prospective employers so they get the full-breadth of your capabilities, without over-stating your abilities?"
I agree with you. I mentioned it before in another post but I'll mention it again. I too work in a small company and you really do get more of a chance to work an wide array of projects when you work in a small company. Everybody I talk to at larger companies has very specific job duties and does very specific (often boring) things. However, I get to work on just about all aspects of my company's product, and I find this very rewarding, and very challenging.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Jack of all trades, Master of none! Pick something.
Si vis pacem, para bellum! For evil to succeed good men need only do nothing!