Would You Take a Job For A Better Job Title?

Why We Need More Letters In The CXO Title? Is the New CEO the Chief of Chiefs? If everyone is a Chief, who is going to do the real work?

Not too long ago, a high tech company was about to hire a senior person from a Fortune 500 company. All went well except for one thing. And it was not about money. The candidate wants the CTO title but it was taken already. They can’t take away the CTO title from the other person so they offered the candidate a different title — Chief Product Officer (CPO) to close the deal! Sounds familiar? This is a very common especially with startups in the high tech industry as it is very hard to find qualified and talented people. Read More...

Source: Strategyzer