Job title decoder have you been uptitled

Job title decoder have you been uptitled Job title decoder have you been uptitled?Posted August 22, 2013, by Julia Watters If youre on the job hunt, one thing you may have noticed is an abundance of high-falutin job titles. But what do they actually mean? How many times have you had to refer to the role description just to get an understanding of what it actually entails? And even then it can leave you scratching your head. A friend of mine once had a job as the Director of First Impressions at a radio station. She was the first to point out that she was, in fact, the receptionist. It turns out theres a word for this. Its called uptitling, and our good friends at Collins define it as the practice of conferring grandiose job titles to employees performing relatively menial jobs. For those of you still unsure of how uptitling works, here are a few Ive come across Sandwich akrobat = Subway employee Chief happiness officer = customer service assistant Eviction technician = bouncer Visual clearance engineer = window cleaner Horticultural maintenance officer = gardener And this is where it can get really tricky. You could end up wasting your time applying and possibly even interviewing for a role which isnt what you thought it was, all because of an inflated job title and misleading description. Even if you know what youre getting yourself into, an exaggerated job title can cause you grief down the track. Just as you can be confused by your title, so can future employers when they try to understand just what your