What kind of job titles are relevant to you?

mikebird

mikebird

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I am perplexed by meaningless descriptions which are there to excite people by any few words

I hunt for important jobs which are closely relevant to me; the skills & experience I have to offer, in stringent terms

A big core of what I've done for work is to openly or tightly match any text to any other. It's not simple, as a Google search is for anyone...

The results I get in response to my particular specifications list are:

:crying:
Project Manager
Consultant
Team Leader
Development

as for any mammal:
find food, eat it, drink, sleep, wee & poo
 
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Agent_Violet

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I've noticed over the years that the simple to the point job titles have been injected with fluff words to make them sound more important somehow.Secretary became Admin Assistant.Garbageman became Sanitation Specialist and others changed too.

Those two functions are VERY important but for some reason people felt the need to change the title in order for it to seem important.
 
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Agent_Violet

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Project Manager sounds most relevant to me out of that list.

Team leader reminds me of high school.Development sounds incomplete.Consultant sounds like you're about to take someone's money and run;)
 
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laure15

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Out of all the titles on that list, I think Development sounds most relevant. However, I think Technician and Programmer will also fit.
 
1BlackSheep

1BlackSheep

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The title which makes me laugh the most is "Black Belt" - haha! I'd be embarrassed to have that on my business card.
 
Section_31

Section_31

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Im a junior Network Administrator.

Job titles mean nothing to me thouh. You may as well call it flutergork for all i care.
 
1BlackSheep

1BlackSheep

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^^^ I like the business card one of the Network Admins had at a previous job. It just said "Computer Guy" - lol!
 
mikebird

mikebird

Banned
I love all of your replies!

Yep. There are alternative phrases in the Thesaurus for each existing role

In my personal list (IT. Databases)
I think an admin position in the world can be menial (cleaning) or mighty (Prime Minister)

Consultant is such a poor word: :idontknow:'someone to speak to'. I believe it's meant to be authority who knows everything but never gets hands-on, just picking up the phone or giving advice or telling people what to do. A doc, lawyer, police, government...

Development is too generic. Building houses, gardens, stations, airports, zoos, pylons, bridges, swimming pools, sound systems, companies, businesses, helping a child to grow... taking film negatives to produce prints in the darkroom, painting a wall, doing the plumbing, wiring, carpentry, floors, decor, furniture - homes or offices, making cars - designing anything. Property development is an Estate agency. It goes for software, which includes databases. Making something new, or better, is not a good enough description, although a dramatic improvement over the original word. Someone who posts a job as 'developer' needs to spend time developing their own mind.

And Manager. Coping? I see the duty, but shouldn't it be defined better?

I like detail. Full spec. Hiding behind the truth doesn't make a job advert appealing to me. As not revealing the location or salary.

Might as well describe the job as 'a person'

Database Management = technical consultant. Food eater.

Just one word as an example: drugs. What's that? There's more to the world than one word to reign them all. Start by dividing between public, prescribed, or controlled, and then... millions of categories? Anyone who starts talking by using just that word is a fool.
 
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JackOfSpades

JackOfSpades

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Ooh, Fight Club quote time:

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet."

Couldn't resist. :giggle:
 
coyote

coyote

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my current job title is "Store Manager"

but that's only half of what i do for the company
 
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