Comments on: Why Your Job Title is Killing Your Credibility

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:15:10 +0000

So helpful! I see so many different titles out there.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:09:35 +0000

This one is daft :

“Strategic Alliances & Partner Sales Director, (Including Customer Success, EMEA) at Webtrends EMEA”

uk.linkedin.com/in/bloomsimon

By: carlyjcais

carlyjcais — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:18:02 +0000

Love the advice in this article, and totally agree with the statement “Instead of using a lofty job title, boost your resume with HR-friendly keywords” when it comes to written resumes.

However, on LinkedIn and various other platforms you MUST have a title. You can’t be without one in this hyper-connected world, especially when it comes to business cards that aren’t keyword-filled resumes. People need to know what box you fit into, in a quick, neat little nutshell, besides what detailed services you provide.

So perhaps an article listing the possible titles that would be appropriate to a “company run by 1” (i.e., a monetized, professional blog) would also be helpful!
Thanks!

By: sahra

sahra — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:59:09 +0000

thanks for posting this! For a long time last year (3 months) I was "funemployed", but when I'd go on job interviews, people would be like "oh, you have a blog? That's great, why didn't you say so!?" so I realized it was time to include that. I called myself a professional blogger (true) and hinted at what you suggested, ie: brand relations, trend analysis; but now, thanks to this, I'm going to up my resume's vocabulary! thanks! XO Sahra EffortlessCool

By: CamMi Pham

CamMi Pham — Sun, 27 May 2012 15:49:19 +0000

Agree I always find people who call themselves editor in chief or ceo of a blog so tacky

I just call myself a social writer

By: Erica of STYLE. SAVVY. CHIC!

Erica of STYLE. SAVVY. CHIC! — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:21:28 +0000

It is such a coincidence that I spotted this article because I recently (3 days ago) took the time to fully register my Linkedin account and noticed my title was not very specific. I immediately changed it and took notes from others that had very professionally developed accounts.

Keep up the good work!

By: h-vogue

h-vogue — Sun, 27 May 2012 08:52:01 +0000

Ohh and I say founder of Trendhungry.com too.

By: Jennine Jacob

Jennine Jacob — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:31:24 +0000

In reply to Sara. There are pro's and con's to calling yourself a CEO when you are a company of one. You've stated a pro, but I feel rather uncomfortable with a "CEO" title even though I run a company with 4 employees. Personally, I find that contrived, and yet still use it because, well, everyone else does. There's an interesting article on TechCrunch that explains why it's bad to call yourself a CEO to a startup. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/06/think-you-deserve-to-be-called-a-ceo/

By: Nadine Salem

Nadine Salem — Sat, 26 May 2012 11:50:16 +0000

I refer to myself as a freelance fashion journalist or simply freelance journalist – to me it seems perfectly fine and right but would also love to have your thoughts on that. Thank you in advance

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:15:49 +0000

For an article that talks about writing and proof reading skill, I would have thought you would have actually done some proof reading on your own article. Ie. your grammatical error that is “see how describe their job”