Anyone who is currently job searching will no doubt have spent hours trawling through online job sites. After a while it becomes an extremely repetitive, boring but still necessary task. So if you’ve spent your week doing just that, ( or even if you haven’t!) here’s something to lighten the mood. We have put together our Top 10 Funniest Job Titles ever . Just picture the business cards these people have , or the explanations they have to go into when someone asks, “ What do you do for a living?”. So, in no particular order….
Director of First Impressions
Otherwise known as the Receptionist. This job title was originally created to reflect how critical the role of the front desk employee has in the overall branding and marketing of the company.
Visual Clearance Engineer
Sounds rather fanciful doesn’t it? Well, this job is probably better known to you and I as the good old fashioned Window Cleaner. Lucky for George Formby, the title wasn’t around when he was playing his ukulele and singing “When I’m cleaning windows..”
Professional Zombie
The tourist attraction London Bridge Experience advertised for Professional Zombies last year. Duties included dressing in full zombie make-up and spending the day terrifying tourists. Imagine getting paid to scare people! Brilliant!
Last Putter-Away
No, it’s not golf related , nor is it someone obsessed with tidying things. This job entails sorting and storing shoe molds into storage bins and racks.
Chief Happiness Officer
This role is usually done on a consultancy basis with the main purpose being to improve how companies work and help staff enjoy their jobs more. The most famous Chief Happiness Officer we probably all know is none other than Ronald McDonald.
Chatter Monkey
Social media and marketing has spawned countless fancy job titles – guru, evangelist to name but a few. Our favourite though is the Chatter Monkey. Getting paid to do “PR” stuff on Facebook and Twitter all day…
Canine Relocation Specialist
More common in the US than in the UK , this job entails trawling the streets , picking up stray dogs. Yep – it’s a Dog Catcher.
Chief Story Teller
No, not another William Shakespeare nor the parent who reads the bedtime stories to the kids, this job is all about marketing and branding. In essence it is all about helping a brand tell its’ story.
Marketing Ninja
Think ninja and of course martial arts and espionage comes to mind. Not any more. the last few years has seen Ninja becoming one of the most popular “trendy” new titles with Linkedin reporting increasing numbers of Ninjas being profiled on their site. So, it’s simply a Marketing expert. To me though it conjures up images of someone going around, dressed in black and secretly performing marketing tasks for businesses. Now that would be a good job!
E.I.E.I.O.
This one may be an urban myth, but it made us laugh anyway. Often public sector organisations in particular employ AOs ( Admin Officers), EOs ( Executive Officers ) and IOs ( Information Officers). Career progression then allows for AIOs ( Admin Information Officers) and EAOs ( Executive Information Officers ) etc. Well.. we once heard of someone who had gone for an internal promotion and would have ended up being the E.I.E.I.O. …
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!
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