Ahh, I absolutely get what you mean. Its extremely prevalent here. People like to be awarded fancy titles when they join a company. Waiters in restaurants are now known as floor managers, food service managers. Yup, they still serve food to the diners just like other waiters.
In process plants, technicians are now known as assistant engineers, assistant operation engineers, assistant process engineers, process executives.
The fact is that many companies can only spend a short time to interview and get to know potential candidates. The quickest method to screen out potential candidates out of hundreds is to first throw out those that do not meet the qualifications. Then throw out those that do not meet the required experiences in terms of the number of years and relevant experience.
Then you will ask, what constitutes relevant experience? Well, I note that many employers look at the job title! For example, if you were an assistant process engineer, you would stand a better chance then someone whose job title is a plant general worker.
Well, of course employers do look at your previous descriptions but who is to say what you did or didnt do? Fancy job titles definitely look more impressive on a resume as well as on name cards etc. Employers know that and use this to entice potential applicants.
I remember reading an article or thread some time back on "Protecting the title of Engineers". If I find it, I could post it here. I found it really true.
Edited by thorium90, 02 May 2013 - 06:41 AM.