When job titles and job descriptions don’t quite match

As you guys might know, I’m still on the job-hunting trail so I’ve been checking those job sites. I came across this opening for a Public Relations Officer, which sounds okay enough.

But when you look a little closer and check out the job description, it’s actually pretty specific about the things you need to do and I think the job scope goes quite a bit beyond just public relations. Misleading job titles like “Sanitation Officer” or “Sandwich Artist” are nothing new, but I think this one is just really something else.

“I did not have public relations with that woman.”

Don’t you just love that job description? Here are my favorite highlights:

• Able to have a good sense of fashion
• Liaising with potential clients in various functions/events
• To be a “personal tour guide” to Singapore for tourists or expatriates
• Able to have good fine dining etiquette

So you tell me… what does that job description actually describe to you? And why would a public relations firm be named Wicked Companions?

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