The results of Korn/Ferry‘s most recent online executive quiz shows that a new title would do little to keep a current employee satisfied.
In fact, when asked whether a bigger job title would be enough to convince workers to stay at a job that they would otherwise leave, 85% said no and 15% said yes.
However, 42% of respondents reported an increase in fancy titles in order to retain talent with their current employer.
Of the approximately 36% of respondents who claimed they have received a bigger job title with their current employer in the past two years, 54% said their job has changed dramatically. The remaining 46% claim that they are performing roughly the same job.
Meanwhile, how do executives feel about older workers? According to the survey, 4% think older workers have blocked their own career advancement; 20% somewhat agree; 38% strongly disagree; 20% somewhat disagree; and 18% neither agree nor disagree.
The Name Game
The survey also asked about the most strange, uncommon, or outlandish job titles respondents have come across in the business world. Here are a selection of the more interesting responses:
- Director for Pilgrimage for Reconciliation
- Rain Maker
- Grand Fromage
- Wizard
- Director of First Impressions
- Ecosystem Director
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Sanitary Engineer
- Chief Knowledge Officer
- Multicrafter
- Chief Customer Officer
- Innovation Scout
- Factory Erection Coordinator
- VP of People
- Chief Diversity Officer
- Chief Excellence Officer
- Chief Client Director
- Drink Later Leader at Coca-Cola
- Chairman of the Office
- Vice-Secretary
- Director of First Impressions
- Chief Csar
- Chief Emotional Officer
- CEO Logistics
- Manager, Human Capital Reporting
- General Dog’s Body
- Chief Leisure Officer
- Internet Evangelist
- Executive VP, Special Projects
- Director of Decisions?