How many job titles can one person have?

Question

I was wondering how many job titles one person can have at a job at one time. At my last job of 6 years I was the Program Supervisor and also was the Office Assistant and in charge of Accounts Receivable. My main Title was Program Supervisor but I am trying to get a job in the Administrative field so I want to add Office Assistant and Accounts Receivable to my title on my resume as well. It would look like this:

Program Supervisor/Office Assistant/Accounts Receivable

So my question is, how many job titles is one allowed to have? What should I do? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I am a corporate recruiter and I view resumes all day long. My advice to you would be to list your actual title as the heading for that position, but then you should highlight your key competencies at the beginning of the resume. For example, you start out with an objective that reads: Results driven professional seeks a career in the administrative field with a stable, growing organization. Then below that you add four or five customized bullet points that will highlight the skills you have for the job you are applying for. In the actual portion where you describe what you did on a day to day basis for that position you can go into more detail about what your actual duties were/are.

The reason I suggest that you use your actual title is that a lot of companies will verify your previous amployment and your title, so you don't want to look like you are trying to falsify what your title was!

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You should go with the most impressive sounding title as applicable to where you're applying. That's a pretty good problem to have! Good for you!

Answer 3

I say put the most impressive sounding one as your job title, and include a section for "Responsibilities"

Answer 4

When I worked at Bi-Lo a few years back, I had five differant titles.... lol guess it depends on where you work and how many differant jobs you can do.... :o)

Answer 5

you can have as many as you have...if you were working on a resume you should choose the most relevant one to highlight and mention the others in the description...

Answer 6

I was a rigger, cherry picker operator, foreman, lead off hand, welder, tacker, roustabout, pile driver, lead man, chainsaw hand, firewatch, offshore person at my last job.