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| What's in a Name... or a Job Title Description for that Matter |
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Think about it, the job and career path that you choose really does
dictate your adult life. What is thing that we call, sometimes
cursedly, a job? It's basically a predefined set of tasks that we must
perform in exchange for financial compensation. We spend a great many
of out waking hours at work.
The reward being a paycheck that we receive. This is what we live on. It provides for and sustains us. We use our incomes to survive in this modern-day world. Doesn't that pretty much sum up the process? Now, what about a job title description? These are often not so clear. Just because your job title description says "Video Store Sales Clerk," or your city is Sioux Falls and job title contains sales jobs doesn't mean that this particular task is the only thing you'll be doing.
Chances are you will be doing a number of other chores other than renting out DVDs and and humping for sales. I should know, I did both for 12 years. One of the best ways to better understand jobs and what they entail is by getting online.
If you're interested in the sales industry you may type in something like job title contains sales professional jobs, or job title contains sales associate jobs into your search engine of choice. From there you should easily find many topics that interest you and can assist you with your inquiry. Back when I was just 19 years old, I worked as a Chinese Food Delivery Guy. Sound fun and amazing? Yeah, I didn't think so. Granted, it wasn't the greatest gig in the world, but I cleared $350 a week, and that wasn't bad considering I was living at home still. Anyway, one day my manager asked me to clean the restaurant bathroom. I reacted with a chuckle. After all, he must be joking, right. That's not my job title description. I am the delivery guy. This equals delivering food to customers at their homes and businesses. Make sense? It totally did to me. Regardless, I was still told to clean the bathroom. My manager informed me that a mere job title description does not fully entail every aspect of the job. I winced with a HUH. This is when I said I'd rather quit. For me at age 19, the job wasn't that crucial or necessary. I wasn't cleaning any bathrooms. This was a problem for my manager. Although most supervisors at most businesses would have probably said "BYE," he couldn't do that. The restaurant was way too busy and he only had three delivery drivers total. Let's see him try to run this joint without me, the sucker putting in all the hours. Especially since it was a Friday afternoon. He would be shooting himself in the foot. Oh well, lucky me. I wouldn't be cleaning any restrooms that day. No lesson learned there. Okay, so once you reach adulthood, you should have a pretty good idea that a job title description is fairly basic. You can't go solely by the title. This is absurd. I know that know. Consult with the Internet and broaden your horizons. Opportunity awaits. |
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