Comment Titles aren't designed for the employees (Score 1) 209
In our corporate directory, I'm listed as "CNSLT - SYS ARCH/ANLY" which (since it's never been spelled out for me) I'm going to assume expands to "Consultant - System Architecture / Analysis". I'm not a consultant, nor do I architect or analyze anything.
In larger businesses, a job title isn't meant to be descriptive and no one is thinking about what it looks like on a resume (trust me). A title is meant to give the HR people something to reference when they're assigning levels – i.e. numerical, or, AVP, or whatever – and pay scales.
Funny thing is... in my experience, it's normally the managers in the technical areas that are asked to make up the titles and job descriptions. I think they make them purposefully vague so their people don't come back and say "that's not part of my job!" when the PHB needs them to be "flexible" (define that as you will).
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In larger businesses, a job title isn't meant to be descriptive and no one is thinking about what it looks like on a resume (trust me). A title is meant to give the HR people something to reference when they're assigning levels – i.e. numerical, or, AVP, or whatever – and pay scales.
Funny thing is... in my experience, it's normally the managers in the technical areas that are asked to make up the titles and job descriptions. I think they make them purposefully vague so their people don't come back and say "that's not part of my job!" when the PHB needs them to be "flexible" (define that as you will).
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