Moving up the career ladder query

book12

After graduating two years ago, I have found a job related to my IT degree in last year. I am still in that job now (been in the job for 1 year now). I have found a vacancy in the same company that interests me, and fit my career progression plan. That job is the area of IT I really want to go into. As you all know, there are different types of IT jobs. I enjoy my job currently. The IT job I'm in now I treat it as a 'stepping stone' to the industry.

I was wondering if I should go for it. The reaason for asking is that the company think I am 'hopping from one job to another', since I have only been in a job for a year?

I believe I match the job description, as some of the stuff I am doing in my job, and in uni fits them.

InsideInsurance

12 months tend to be considered a tipping point and internal job changes are very different from external. Obviously if you're involved in project work then the 12 month element does apply to some degree but people also look at completion of projects as well. Whilst your personal line manager may be disappointed to lose a team member the company hasn't lost its investment in you. Plus internal promotions 99% of the time have lower salaries than external appointments so saves them money too

Your line manager should really as part of your review processes be talking to you about progression and aspirations. Do you have regular 1-2-1s with them? If you have a good relationship with them and have a review coming up then mention you've noticed the internal vacancy and its in the area your interested in and try and gauge if they tell you what development you'd need to have to get a similar role in the future or more suggests you get your application in.

book12

InsideInsurance wrote: »

12 months tend to be considered a tipping point and internal job changes are very different from external. Obviously if you're involved in project work then the 12 month element does apply to some degree but people also look at completion of projects as well. Whilst your personal line manager may be disappointed to lose a team member the company hasn't lost its investment in you. Plus internal promotions 99% of the time have lower salaries than external appointments so saves them money too

That job is also advertised externally. There will be lots of competition. I'm not involved in any project work at the moment. The other job isn't too.

I will talk to my line manager about it. I do have monthly meetings with the line manager.

I'm just worried that I won't get that job, because the hiring manager of that department might think I don't have much experience (only been in the industry for a year). They might think I am will be 'hopping from one job to another'.

scheming_gypsy

you shouldn't have any problem if you apply for it as it shows you have some ambition to progress in the company; companies like that in a person but unfortunately they never like paying the same as they'd pay an external candidate.

InsideInsurance

book12 wrote: »

I'm just worried that I won't get that job, because the hiring manager of that department might think I don't have much experience (only been in the industry for a year). They might think I am will be 'hopping from one job to another'.

You may not get it for exactly that reason but your line manager or you should be able to have an informal discussion with the hiring manger to get an idea of the level of experience they are looking for.

Even if you dont get it you will get to know the kinds of questions being asked and experience required and work towards it.

Going from one job to another is not hopping about. Your new to IT and so are simply focusing in. Going from Helpdesk to doing ETL development to doing .Net Sys Test to doing Middleware BAing to doing Infrastructure Solution Architect would be hopping about.