With all the job title changes a year ago, everyone is an analyst now. Analyst is fine, maybe even Senior Analyst. But then you have Lead Analyst. And if that wasn't enough... Senior Lead Analyst!
Lead and Senior Lead completely misrepresent standing and pay compared to the job/corp titles other banks would use for the equivalent of those positions. Mgr, SVP, etc.
I'm wondering if people just make up their own title on their resume instead.
I usually put down Assistant Managing Director on the resume. If I get called out for it, I says it was a typo and should have been Assistant to the Managing Director.
I call myself El Jefe.
Some banks do check exact titles. In fact, one application warned that it needs to be an exact match to your prior company’s titles, otherwise you will fail the background check. And from what I’ve read, this particular bank uses a verification service to validate. Very strict.
I can myself what they can me. The title doesn’t really matter. It’s the work you did that they look at.
If reasonable, tailor your position title so that it most accurately reflects your role today and how it aligns with what you are applying for. Semantics matter, but more so when it is genuine. You can explain any inconsistencies in interviews.
One may find it is even better to leave off subtitles (V.P., Senior, Lead, etc). Those are a bit gimmicky and carry less weight than achieving a completely new title.
Again be reasonable and at the same time remeber to not let your previous/current employer (such as WF) sabotage your ability to move on.
My position required a Master's Degree, and the exact title had certain meaning within the industry. Later they consolidated titles and I now have the same "title" as several lower level people who didn't have to put in the work to meet the requirements. Our actual job responsibilities are worlds apart, but our job titles are exactly the same.
I admit that it's an ego problem on my part. Now, I'm just treading water until retirement so it's not a problem for me. But if I had years of career ahead of me, it would be a serious issue. No wonder we've lost so many good people over the past few years.
I called myself a Direrector. They felt this was the next in the line of consultant analysts.
I call myself director. No one checks this stuff.
No I used my own titles even posting internally lol
Who knows what we are even applying to these days because the titles are about as helpful as the descriptions.
everyone in my department is at senior now after the changes, this is pretty much standard across our particular industry so doesn't matter to me much
Analyst is the most meaningless title ever
No. Titles at WF are meaningless. Companies will call to verify, but they know the difference between title and function.