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22-11-2006, 08:51 PM
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| | | Bombarded with Job Titles. What's Your Take?
There're so many job titles on the market I'm very curious whether my view is consistent with yours.
Industry aside, which title below gives you, intuitively speaking, the impression that the person:
1. holds a higher rank?
2. works at a bigger company?
A. Managing Director
B. Senior Vice President
C. Executive Vice President
D. Chief Relationship Officer  | |
22-11-2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MegLooney  There're so many job titles on the market I'm very curious whether my view is consistent with yours.
Industry aside, which title below gives you, intuitively speaking, the impression that the person:
1. holds a higher rank?
2. works at a bigger company?
A. Managing Director
B. Senior Vice President
C. Executive Vice President
D. Chief Relationship Officer |
As far as I know, managing director here is the pretty much the same as president in North America so managing director should hold the highest ranking here; senior vp 2nd, executive vp 3rd and chief relationship officer last. | |
23-11-2006, 01:43 PM
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From what I know (I am from the states) SVP is the highest, 2nd only to President or CEO. Not familiar with the term Executive Vice President, would probably assume it was equal to VP. Managing Director is widely used here, seems to me is similar to VP in the states with 'regular' Directors reporting to Managing Directors.
Chief Relationship Officer is what I would guess would be the lowest ranking, with it being maybe at the Director (not MD) level...
I too find this topic interesting/confusing as my title Assistant Vice President is actually relatively low-ranking in my company (a large one) and yet in the states AVP would mean much more in many companies I'd previously worked for... Using 'Vice President' so commonly is new to me...
With all these differences how the heck is any potential employer supposed to effectively screen resumes for the 'best fit experience wise' with so many companies assigning various terminology.
Though I technically have 2 job titles, one which shows rank and the other function, guess I could just list functional title to avoid misleading anyone...  | |
29-11-2006, 09:40 AM
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| | | Lucky for me, I have the luxury of not putting any title on the business card. Reduces the amount of cold calls and spam I get.
Banks, specially investment and private banks tend to have everyone at a VP level ... assistant, junior, senior... | |
29-11-2006, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MegLooney A. Managing Director
B. Senior Vice President
C. Executive Vice President
D. Chief Relationship Officer |
Chief Relationship Officer sounds like receptionist to me.
Managing Director is the head of the company, even in a small Limited of two people. Doesn't say anything about the size of the company.
Senior Vice President will probably never be President. He is there for his experience; as an internal consultant. He knows too much, shall not work for the competitor.
The executive vice president is probably something like a COO. Handling day to day business. | |
29-11-2006, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by KnowItAll Lucky for me, I have the luxury of not putting any title on the business card. .. | Lucky for me, too I can put whatever I want- In my time I have been Numero Uno, and various Extraodinaires.
There was a nice one on the My Fair Lady thread - "That Marvelous Boy" though I'm sure an unintended one.
Perhaps a bit too Noel Cowardish for some. | |
30-11-2006, 12:30 AM
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| | Interesting comments. There're so many MDs and VPs I'm getting OD with all those Chun Li!...Sorry, hard to pass on the rhyme. | |
30-11-2006, 10:10 AM
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| | I think I'm going to start using the title Tai Pan.  | |
30-11-2006, 10:57 AM
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| | | What with all the title inflation over the years, you probably should make it Executive Tai Pan... | |
30-11-2006, 11:09 AM
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| | | Clavell's revenge on the Scots
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Originally Posted by KnowItAll I think I'm going to start using the title Tai Pan. | Egad!! have you learnt nothing from all these many moons toiling under the tropical sun?
No self respecting qwei lo would ever let his minions call him 'Tai Pan" which literally means 'Big Board'
[all together now 'here comes the plank']
A far more suitable title is 'Lo Pan' | | Tools | Search | | | | | Rate This Thread | | | All times are GMT +8. The time now is 02:17 PM. | Partners |
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