My Possible Topics for Wikipedia Article:
Americanization (foreign culture and media)
My topic:
Job title inflation: I plan to develop the idea more and explain what most people know as job title's becoming more of an impressive thing instead of the actual title of the duty being preformed.
Sources:
3. http://ezproxy.ecc.edu:2072/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=erieccn_main&id=GALE%7CA461170881&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon
Rough Draft:
Job title inflation is the increasing number and size of grandiose job titles in corporations and organizations and is increasing throughout the United States and in other countries as well. In today's society it is becoming normal to have an impressive job title instead of what the job description entails and is a violation of cooperative principle maxims that exploits gains for an organization[1]. The reason for this is that the more appealing or impressive the job title may sound, the more apt someone is to apply to the job or hire the person with a previous job title that is inflated. This tactic is also used to be a symbolic value to benefit an organization or company in growing or increasing sales or productivity but leads to a misunderstanding in most cases about what the job actually entails[1]. Job title inflation can also lead to a raise in salary due to how 'impressive' the title may sound even when it may be a position that does not make that amount in other organizations. A job title will cause a difference in salary and in the case of a higher skill set or a further education of the field it will cause a higher salary to be paid.
This growing epidemic has been on the rise and has even made its' way to the lower level jobs that may include food preparer which has been changed in some cases to sandwich artist to entice the customer to buy the food being made by the employee due to the fact that the positions' name might reflect that the employee may have more skill then an average food preparer and will produce a better product due to this skill which may not be the case at all[1]. Just as the name is critical to the sale of a product, the same goes for the title of a job. A survey taken in 2006 by the Globe & Mail showed that at the time that 46% of promoted individuals said that their responsibilities remained the same even after the promotion[2]. This non-conforming way of listing jobs has also caused confusion for many while looking at postings for jobs. Many individuals find themselves looking at jobs where the titles attract the eye or are identical to other listings but when the description is read there is a difference in the expected tasks to be preformed then what the job title may say[3]. This requires a more in depth look by the individual looking at the postings to sort out and find a job with the skill level they are comfortable with[3].
Inflation of titles can also cause a wage gap. Many studies are starting to show that people are holding what appear to be higher level positions but taking home less then what the job actually pays[4]. With this wage gap also comes competition for the job as multiple of the same position with the same titles are created when there only used to be one or two positions in the same field[4]. The way companies justify these title increases is that they are trying to hold onto employees when times are harder and is an alternative to a pay raise[4]. This also creates a wage gap and causes higher titled positions to be filled by a person with a lower skill set and the same responsibilities they held before[4].
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