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You need a job title for a pick-up line?

Follow up to the last post...

If you're so worried that your job title doesn't double as a pick-up line, just make up a new job title already.

If anyone at work makes a fuss, just tell them Tom Peters told you to do it. (Check his book The Brand You 50. Read his bit about job titles by searching for "cefrns" in Amazon.com's 'SearchInside' function.)

Funny story about job titles...

When I took my job, I asked my boss, "What should my job title be? Maybe I should start with a true entry-level title so we could purposely improve it incrementally over time--you know, to show my professional progression." (Don't know how I pulled that out of my butt. You'd think I was thinking "strategically" about applying to business school or something.)

My boss set me straight. "Be whatever you want. You can be Master of the Universe for all I care."

Now laughing, I said, "Man, you should make your title Master of the Universe. That would be cool!"

"No, thanks. CEO is good."

Posted by Ian Ybarra on 24 October 2005