Do HRC career managers really manage your career?

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The main advice I've always heard is that the person who manages your career the best is you. I was promoted out of my unit and would have taken a slot that any generic E6 25B could have filled doing a job I did as an E4 and would have gained no experience other than it was a different type of unit (Transportation) than I've worked with before. There's no consideration that I have a higher security clearance so I can do different jobs, or any consideration of my ASI of E4 as a network defender or cyber warrior. I chose to decline that promotion to stay within my unit where I could get a lot of training more pertinent to my career and skills since my goal was to reclass to 17C. They're not looking at what you can do or best can perform or grow, or utilize our skills in the best places.

One of my former first lines told me how much he had to do with contacting our his branch manager in order to get an assignment that would actually further his career.

SSG (Join to see) - I do think it's important to be very involved with managing your own career, rather than depending on someone who doesn't know you, and it probably hundreds of miles away. Also, it's very effective to find a senior leader who you trust, and then use them as a source of guidance and mentoring. Often, those long-term relationships built on trust are much more effective.