What To Put on Your CV When Your Job Title Doesn't Match Your Actual Work

For some people their official job titles may not match the work they have performed, which is a problem because your job titles is one thing that should help recruiters understand your work and experience. Then there may be a problem if you job title doesn’t match with the ones during your previous jobs. Considering changing your job title may eventually become a problem when your employment is verified and having a job title that does not explain your responsibilities make your experience sound irrelevant. What you need to do is to maintain your official title  while making your responsibilities clear.

1. Keep your official title if it is reasonably understandable: keep the title if it accurately describes your position, even if it does not describe exactly what you did keep it. You can also use bullet points to tell them other things you also handled that do not relate to your job title. You don’t just need them to understand your title you need the employer to understand what you can do.

2. Use a clarifying title when your official title is unusually vague : Some companies may use internal titles meaning outsiders may not understand, you could write a title that involves your previous work. This keeps your official title while telling your employer what your role involves. Any clarifications should accurately describe the work you can do.

3. Don’t replace your official title with a completely different one: If you have a role and you ended up doing more work that was not related to that role don’t just choose any job title that is completely different from your previous job titles. Only give the recruiters useful information to avoid them misinterpreting  your employment history.

4. Let your achievements explain the real scope of your job: Your responsibility and experience can help make your employer understand you more than just your job title. This allows your employer understand your scale and the nature of your job. This is important when your official title is generic.

5. Match the experience of the job you are applying for : You don’t have to use the exact same wording for every CV. If in your previous job most of the work you did were related to a different job you can emphasize on the work you did that was not related to your role. The title is still correct and the content tells the type of work you did.

6. Don’t hide multiple functions performed in one position : Some people have performed more than one job in one title. Instead of creating a lot of several jobs, write them under one position. This helps recruiters understand your position and what you can do.

7. Be particularly careful with seniority: There is a thin line between clarifying your responsibilities and inflating your position. If you had a role in your previous organization but did work that was meant for a superior. Don’t change your title to something higher than your previous position. Instead of doing that demonstrate your leadership through achievements and experience. This proves that you’re a leader without elevating your position.

8. Use your professional summary to address confusing career history : If your old job titles does not tally with the one your are applying for you can use your professional summary to explain it. This helps your employer understand the direction of your career before any job title. Thus is better than replacing your official job title with a more attractive one.

The overall principle

So make your CV very accurate and professionally confusing. It is best to remain truthful about your employment history and make the work thematic.  You should make it easy for the employer to understand. This is important when applying for a different role, when changing careers or when your