>From a purely "managerial" standpoint, the closer you align your title with an existing one (best to check other IT titles) that is understood by your management and, of course, paid better than yours, the more likely you'll be to get the additional funds you seek.
Good Luck! Leah ________________________________ From: Ben Kenoyer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 4:37:17 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Re: <MISC> EDI-related job titles Art, Your Holiness--Your words of wisdom are well-received. I agree that my work output and attitude is what I should be reviewed and rewarded on. I know that for those in my company above me (especially those who control my employment and compensation) don't understand much about EDI. If I could provide them with the different job descriptions, they could be convinced that they have a bargain in 'this guy'. I could equate it to getting a Mercedes for the price of a Dodge. Dave--I will have to try that link (and others I can find) from home later. It's so strange to me that job sites would be locked down from my work computer :-P Leah, et al--While I agree that "EDI Goddess" is quite striking, commanding quite the respect in your worlds, I'm not sure I would enjoy the same amount of reverence with that one. I'm thinking I could opt for "EDI Puppeteer", "EDI Manipulator", "EDI Magician", or "EDI WhoDunIt". I will continue to look for generalized job descriptions to help me out. I agree that there is something to be said for my company's internal job titles/structure, but since I am in EDI land here on my own, I almost feel that I could break new ground on commanding the job title that best fits my duties. I had forgotten about "EDI technician" and "EDI programmer". --- In [email protected], Art Douglas <adouglasedi@...> wrote: > > The most money I made on a long-term job in EDI my title was EDI Mapper. All > I >did was write maps, test maps, fix maps, setup the environment so maps would >run, etc. I didn't talk to Trading Partners, I didn't decide what document we >would trade, I didn't negotiate with VANs, etc. When I became EDI Manager, I >took about a 30% cut. Now I am an EDI Analyst, and make half the base pay >when >I was just a mapper. > > > > Don't worry about the title. Do the best job you can do, then improve. >Communicate with those in your company - the internal customers, and >communicate >with your non-EDI manager. Let them know what you are doing. Let them know >how >much each new thing you implement is saving the company in terms of time, >effort, and money if applicable. Titles only impress your HR group. Impress >with your attitude, and your output. > > > > > Art > > EDI Guru > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ashlie >Jeter > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles > > > > > > EDI Analyst > EDI Specialist > EDI Programmer/Analyst > B2B Analyst > Integration Analyst > > There are many many more but I like Leah's favorite title....hehehehehehe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leah Halpin > To: Benjamin ; [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:02 PM > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles > > I've always preferred EDI Goddess. Actually, my favorite was "EDI Technical > Manager" which meant I got to do all the fun techie stuff and the "EDI > Division > > Manager" got to deal with all the personnel "issues". > > Really, this is going to be company specific, unless you think you can get > your > > company to make up a new title for you. > > Check out your own company's hierarchy of titles and descriptions and then > fit > yourself in. > > I will probably get some flack for this, as division of duties is greatly > dependent on industry and size of your company, but server administration > (especially hardware) is not generally an EDI responsibility. So you could > argue for 80% of a Network/Server administrator's pay on top of what you're > making. > > Leah > > ________________________________ > From: Benjamin <bkenoyer@... <mailto:bkenoyer%40scvl.com> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 3:23:27 PM > Subject: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles > > As the season of annual reviews is just around the corner, I was wondering if > anyone knows of a good resource that would list EDI-related job titles and >their > > descriptions. Obviously, I know what my job title is and I know what my job > duties are, but I'm not 100% sure that my job title is appropriate for all > the > duties I am responsible for. > > My thought (crazy hope) is that if I can argue that my job duties warrant a >more > > accurate [higher] job description, I might be able to argue a better pay > rate, > too :-) My current job title is "EDI Coordinator" and I work in an EDI > department of one (albeit not without some help), in a medium-sized retail > company. I handle just about all aspects of the EDI process for my company, > including any map changes, development projects, trading partner testing, and > data issue troubleshooting/resolution. I am about 80% responsible for all > server administration over our hardware. > > I have heard the following job titles used to describe colleagues working in > this industry, but I'm not sure what the hierarchy is: analyst, coordinator, > manager, specialist, administrator. 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