How important is your current job title when applying for jobs?

[daboywonder2002]

Job titles can mean different things to different companies. One organization's Manager is another's Director, is another's Senior, is another's VP. Normally depending on the size of the company and other factors. My question is won't jobs try to low ball if you don't have that current job title. For example if you're a project coordinator but have the duties of a project manager. That doesn't mean you're going to get a PM SALARY. They are going to only see you as a PC. Or let's say a support analyst doing business analyst roles. Would it be ok to not put my official job title and to just put the title that shows my actual duties? During a background check, do they verify job titles or just dates worked?

 

[colicolicoli]

I’ve tweaked my job title on almost all the places I have on my resume.

But simple ones, like adding “Senior” to my first few service desk jobs and I’ve never had it disputed in a background check.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

i mean... the job title is the job. so it basically signifies your experience.... which is everything when applying for jobs

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

I believe job titles show up in background checks, so I wouldn’t advise lying

 

[hatealot]

I wouldn't lie about job titles, especially if there any indicator that correlates exp or rank.

Some companies would take it as you are dishonest if you say you are analyst III when you really was a trainee.

One of the companies I worked for was very specific about job titles being as accurate as possible. They actually pressed me about customer service rep. Versus customer care rep.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I’ve been a senior UX Researcher for years. I recently took a job for a tech company and they don’t have Sr role titles. I make like $30K more, but it looks bad on my resume. I don’t know how it’ll affect future jobs, if at all, but I’m thinking working for this big company will look good. I’d rather have more money than a Sr before my title