Ridiculous/wanky job titles

[Voley]

I had to get in touch with an old boss for a job reference recently. She's got a new role now: Relationship And Excellence Manager.



They do love a daft job title in Local Government, bless 'em.

 

[Voley]

She was a Best Value Champion prior to that, too.

 

[cesare]

People get very touchy about their job titles. I still remember the amount of grief I got over suggesting that an PR assistant was called that. Apparently, it's PR executive (with accompanying rolleyes).

 

[Wolveryeti]

Sandwich artist

 

[fractionMan]

They've got 'imagineers' in the futurology dept at orange

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

So what's the most ridiculous job title you've had or heard of?

Just been flicking through the 'Work' section of Saturday's Guardian and in the CV Clinic feature is the CV of a film production graduate who has listed a job at Subway in the work experience section:

'Sandwich Artist'

If I was short-listing people for a job and came across a CV with 'Sandwich Artist' at Subway in the work experience section I'd think 'wanker' and file it in the bin.

What's wrong with sandwich maker, shop assistant, fast food operative or whatever?

If you make sandwiches you're not a fucking artist. Really. You're not. And you're deluded if you think you are.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Chicken sexer

 

[Bakunin]

So what's the most ridiculous job title you've had or heard of?

Just been flicking through the 'Work' section of Saturday's Guardian and in the CV Clinic feature is the CV of a film production graduate who has listed a job at Subway in the work experience section:

'Sandwich Artist'

If I was short-listing people for a job and came across a CV with 'Sandwich Artist' at Subway in the work experience section I'd think 'wanker' and file it in the bin.

What's wrong with sandwich maker, shop assistant, fast food operative or whatever?

If you make sandwiches you're not a fucking artist. Really. You're not. And you're deluded if you think you are.

It's a bit like calling a smack dealer an 'unlicenced pharmaceutical retailer' really, isn't it?

 

[Sesquipedalian]

Assistant to The Assistant Manager.

 

[Pickman's model]

So what's the most ridiculous job title you've had or heard of?

Just been flicking through the 'Work' section of Saturday's Guardian and in the CV Clinic feature is the CV of a film production graduate who has listed a job at Subway in the work experience section:

'Sandwich Artist'

If I was short-listing people for a job and came across a CV with 'Sandwich Artist' at Subway in the work experience section I'd think 'wanker' and file it in the bin.

What's wrong with sandwich maker, shop assistant, fast food operative or whatever?

If you make sandwiches you're not a fucking artist. Really. You're not. And you're deluded if you think you are.

sure it's not 'sandwich board artist'?

 

[Herbsman.]

optical equipment operator

 

[mrs quoad]

My stint as a drag queen and flyer person was - for some time - 'entertainments and promotions team-leader and manager.'

I had some other drag queens under my charge, see.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

There's a full page ad in today's Guardian for Starbucks.

There's a reference to 'coffee architects'.

 

[brix]

There's a trend in schools at the moment for Head teachers to start calling themselves "Executive Head".

*sticks fingers in throat*

Makes me think of the sort of thing that might be written on a card in a phonebox...

 

[Mr Smin]

There's a trend in schools at the moment for Head teachers to start calling themselves "Executive Head".

Like an executive summary? Shorter and finished more quickly then regular head?

 

[Diamond]

There's a full page ad in today's Guardian for Starbucks.

There's a reference to 'coffee architects'.

Do they do plan and sketch the coffee before checking for viability with their 'coffee engineer' colleagues?

 

[cozmikbrew]

"Street Scene Operative" was one i applied for a while ago,basically litter picking and weeding the flower beds in the town center

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

maybe thats the title subway give to the employees?

 

[Maggot]

Do they do plan and sketch the coffee before checking for viability with their 'coffee engineer' colleagues?

They have to check the grounds.

 

[5t3IIa]

So what's the most ridiculous job title you've had or heard of?

Just been flicking through the 'Work' section of Saturday's Guardian and in the CV Clinic feature is the CV of a film production graduate who has listed a job at Subway in the work experience section:

'Sandwich Artist'

If I was short-listing people for a job and came across a CV with 'Sandwich Artist' at Subway in the work experience section I'd think 'wanker' and file it in the bin.

What's wrong with sandwich maker, shop assistant, fast food operative or whatever?

If you make sandwiches you're not a fucking artist. Really. You're not. And you're deluded if you think you are.

You are seriously deluded if you think people choose their job titles

 

[keithy]

Ann, 'Sandwich Artist' is the actual job title that Subway give them. They advertise for 'Sandwich Artists'.

 

[8den]

My stint as a drag queen and flyer person was - for some time - 'entertainments and promotions team-leader and manager.'

I had some other drag queens under my charge, see.

See I think you can find far more entertaining uses for a bunch of drag queens beyond flyer distribution.

 

[Diamond]

They have to check the grounds.

 

[softybabe]

'Assistant Deputy Manager'

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

You are seriously deluded if you think people choose their job titles

Erm, no thanks, I'm not deluded, seriously or otherwise.

But if I'd had a job in a fast food store as a student, I wouldn't put whatever wanky job title they gave me on my CV, I'd just put shop assistant or something like that.

 

[8den]

You are seriously deluded if you think people choose their job titles

Yeah that doesn't mean you need to repeat the title when you're doing up your CV. If I was was up to my first series job and earnest described myself as a sandwich artist, and not deli bread and meat organiser.

I did the entrance examine for subway in the US when I was there as a student, basic maths was a skill that required testing. "Sandwich Artists'"? Piss off.

 

[8den]

'Assistant Deputy Manager'

Trainee Assistant Deputy Manager FTW!

 

[mrs quoad]

See I think you can find far more entertaining uses for a bunch of drag queens beyond flyer distribution.

That was the other half of the job. The bit in Manumission.

 

[8den]

That was the other half of the job. The bit in Manumission.

In many ways we've lived very different lives Mrs Q.

 

[Ceej]

My friend had my favourite title - 'Director of Emerging Technologies'.

Even he didn't know what that meant.