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Job title free text

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Hi,

Firstly Sorry if this questions is a bit ambiguous I'm really asking for others thoughts on the subject.

We currently have a free text field  for capturing Job titles of contacts.  As there are so many variations of job title in this field the information is not of much use when trying to do some analysis. Does anyone have any suggestions on how i can improve the use of this field. Maybe standardization ?

Thank you Adam

  • AdamD Profile Picture
    AdamD 5 on at
    RE: Job title free text

    Thank you so much very helpful.

    Adam

  • ddevin1 Profile Picture
    ddevin1 100 on at
    RE: Job title free text

    Consider using a complementary field called Department or Role which allows you to categorize the dozens of job titles that can all under one department or Role (Executive, VP, Principal, Director, Manager, Rep, Associate, Influencer) , yet still allow for reporting or use in segmentation for lists or emails.  Departments can include: Sales, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Marketing, Operations, Project Management, Executive, etc.  Occasional clean up can be performed by exporting the Job Titles, review for departments missed, and categorize those that have not been assigned to a department using a bulk edit.

  • AdamD Profile Picture
    AdamD 5 on at
    RE: Job title free text

    Thank you

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,321 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Job title free text

    Hello,

    If you're looking for standardization and you want to give users ability to create new titles without involving anybody I would say - create a custom entity "Job Title", create relationship between contact and "Job Title" where "Job Title" is a primary entity and place a lookup on contact's form instead of the text field.

    In this situation user will be able to choose existing or create a new title if it's required.

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