https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 18 Aug 2026 02:38:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470551 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:14:10 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1470551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't put much stock into job titles. In my industry, it can vary so much by company - for example, an "Associate" in one company is an entry level position, but in my company, it is three levels under VP (and there are 9 levels). Years experience and job responsibilities are the focus on resumes because titles can vary so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470537 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:08:50 +0000 blackbird 1470537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Titles are important when you think about changing jobs....coordinator may not have the same draw to it as leader or manager, ya know? But that's why you can talk about what your tasks are :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470523 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:05:09 +0000 mrsjyw 1470523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a coordinator on my team, and she is a high level admin with a lot more tasks that anyone would care to know about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470422 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:40:16 +0000 JennyD 1470422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMcD: buhahaha </p> <p>Ok. Excellent point. I love what I do, whatever it's called, and I'm paid well to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470360 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:28:16 +0000 deactivated_account 1470360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care about title. I just care about my salary. You can call me whatever you want as long as I get paid what I want. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470345 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:24:19 +0000 JennyD 1470345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I guess partly I coordinate, but I always assumed that if you have people reporting directly to you, and only you, you are their manager....</p> <p>I'm also confused because the guy that does the same thing for the construction guys is the "Construction Manager". But he reports directly to our President. I report to the Environment "Operations Manager". </p> <p>Maybe I take myself too seriously! Wahahahahaha :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1470331 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:21:21 +0000 JennyD 1470331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: ok. This sounds similar to what I actually do. I report directly to an Operations Manager. </p> <p>@looch: I work in oil and gas, pipelines, specifically. I "coordinate" field people who report to me, make sure they are doing what they're supposed to be doing, collecting appropriate samples, recording appropriate data, submitting it in a timely manner, and supporting all their needs (regulatory questions, who to approach in the field for equipment support, I guide on site responses to spills and other emergencies). </p> <p>What tasks make a manager? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468604 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:45:48 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1468604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyD: "coordinator" has always madee confused. I was the marketing coordinator for a rape crisis clinic for a few years. Other than working alongside the Director, I didn't have anyone to report to and did my own thing. I designed their annual reports &amp; marketing material, so a better title would have been "lead designer" since I was the ONLY designer. </p> <p>Because of that job experience I always stop and wonder when someone says they're a coordinator! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468585 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:20:11 +0000 looch 1468585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly have no idea what your position would entail...when I read "coordinator" it looked to me like it might involve some event planning?</p> <p>Not all people that have direct reports have "manager" in their job title. Some people are product managers, for example. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468570 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:53:44 +0000 Grace 1468570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol - generally I think of it as management, but we do have an admin person who requested a "coordinator" title. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468513 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:17:23 +0000 googly-eyes 1468513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know people with "coordinator" on both sides of this! I don't know. I always find it confusing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468509 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:09:16 +0000 PurplePeony 1468509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was a coordinator, it was a mid-level position. I didn't supervise anyone (I would have been a manager if I had) but I reported directly to the director. I guess it was sort of outside the hierarchy that way -- I worked with managers but didn't have to answer to them even though I wasn't at the same pay grade as them. This was in nonprofit administration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468507 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:01:31 +0000 Sapphiresun 1468507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a coordinator in my job. I supervise 30 volunteers, and create crime prevention programming for them to execute, but I'm not technically a manager. But I work for local government, so true management are non-union. I'm essentially one of the highest non-exempt jobs, so not entry level, but not management either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468389 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:21:34 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1468389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to agree with your husband on this one! </p> <p>@Ginabean3: same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468388 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:19:54 +0000 wheres_c 1468388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I consider it a higher level admin, under a manager. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468373 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:11:35 +0000 mlm2934 1468373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really think it can very a lot by industry and company - for that reason it's so hard to figure out the real job when job searching, but do agree that some companies use it in lieu of admin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468364 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:01:33 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1468364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The coordinators at my company aren't management, but merely coordinate tasks, patients and assignments. Nobody answers to them though. I don't think of it as entry-level (you have to have experience to be a care coordinator here), but I don't think of it as management. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468354 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:53:28 +0000 dolphin 1468354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468344 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:48:33 +0000 snowjewelz 1468344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: same here </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468119 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:03:51 +0000 Ginabean3 1468119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the industry I used to work in (marketing/advertising) if you had "coordinator" in your title you were an admin/assistant/entry level person! So when I hear "coordinator" that's what I think of! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468112 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:02:27 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1468112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had the title "coordinator" when I was in charge of the plant lab. I had 10 people reporting directly to me, but I wasn't part of the management team. (I reported to the manager, but I was her only direct report.). I think some companies use it instead of supervisor now. I don't think of it as an admin position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/job-title-whats-in-a-name#post-1468097 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:57:25 +0000 JennyD 1468097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just curious what other people think about my job title. </p> <p>My husband asked me the other day what my title actually is. I am an "Environmental Coordinator". He says all the "Coordinators" he has ever worked with are basically admins. I am not in any way, shape or form an admin. I think what I do is very clearly management. I have a crew of field staff who report directly to me. I write policy that they abide by. My field staff and my clients call me for expertise in my field. And I just noticed that a colleague who does the equivalent job for our construction division is called a "Construction Manager". He is also a man (important? I hope not...)</p> <p>Is it important? Am I insane? What do you think of the "Coordinator" title? </p>