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Obtaining a certificate is voluntary in some fields, but in others, certification from a government-accredited agency may be legally required to perform certain jobs or tasks. Organizations in the United States involved in setting standards for certification include the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute for ...
Studies indicate that occupational titles coded under ISCO-08 often vary significantly between countries, raising concerns about the consistency and reliability of classifications. A study found that only 64% of job titles retained the same ISCO-08 4-digit code across multiple countries, highlighting inconsistencies in occupational classification.
Job titles have evolved over time for a variety of reasons. Some companies have infused creativity into their job titles as a way to elevate otherwise generic-sounding positions. Others have doled ...
The Selected Characteristics of Occupations (SCO) is a companion volume to the U.S. Department of Labor's Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Revised Fourth Edition, published in 1991. These volumes were intended to provide a detailed representation of thousands of individual occupations in the United States , for the purpose of occupational ...
Professional titles are used to signify a person's professional role or to designate membership in a professional society. Professional titles in the anglophone world are usually used as a suffix following the person's name, such as John Smith, Esq. , and are thus termed post-nominal letters .
Forensic scientist [4]; Gentleman scientist – A financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby [5]; Government scientist; Healthcare science; Hiwi – A German abbreviation for "assistant scientist"
A gender-specific job title is a name of a job that also specifies or implies the gender of the person performing that job. For example, in English, the job titles stewardess and seamstress imply that the person is female, whilst the corresponding job titles steward and seamster imply that the person is male.