What's In A Name?
I have spent a lot of time recently looking at Job Adverts. These have changed over the years. As ever one can see the influence of our former colonies. I really think that the phrase HELP WANTED should be kept for more serious circumstances or for stately homes requiring cleaners. More generally I am greatly attracted to jobs with idiosyncratic titles. I used to work in the same building as the 'Clerk and Comptroller's Department' in a Borough Council. Lovely word Comptroller. Alas these days local authorities are more likely to have a’ Director of Place’ than a Comptroller and this is evidence that new job titles are as often as obscure as the ones that have replaced. I miss regular encounters with London Underground’s army of nocturnal Fluffers and I am envious that the Lord Mayor of London employs a ‘Remembrancer’ . Such a post in my household would improve my domestic life considerably. Not surprisingly our ancient institutions provide some great titles. Universitie