Some of the job titles I had in the past:
Office Coordinator - Account & eCommerce Manager - Operations & Inventory Control Manager / Buyer - General Purchasing Manager - Office Manager - Support Technician - Art Department Manager - Receiving Manager - Office Specialist 1 / Mail Receiving Clerk - Receiving Clerk - Photo Department Retail Clerk - Fire Support Sergeant (13F20) - Forward Observer (13F10)...
And of course there's some obligatory 'dish washer' & 'paper boy' type jobs from my teen years. As I was cutting and pasting from my resume, I was again amazed how differently the term "manager" is interpreted from business to business. I would say sometimes these managers are just cherished clerks; giving them titles such as 'manager' instills some kind of uber responsibility or corporate dedication. This is a noble practice. However, just because someone is a 'manager' doesn't mean they managed 'people'. Sometimes it means they 'managed' systems, or accounts, or inventory, or beans, or those tiny glass beads that end up all over the floor.
Sometimes it describes a skill-set in maintaining sanity in an insane situation.
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