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I am in an interim position. We call it "Acting". How should I format my signature? I've never worried about it before in past assignments but this one is "up there".

Acting Widget Manager
Widget Manager Acting
Widget Manager, Acting
(Acting) Widget Manager
Widget Manager (Acting)
Widget Manager, (Acting)

Something else
 
Needs more Lovitz:

Widget Manager, ACTING!

Sorry, the serious answer might be industry-specific. You might try a Google or Linkedin search for others with a similar title.
 
CZroe said:
I didn't imply it wasn't and chose my words carefully. It lets the person he's communicating with know that there is no one higher up in the relevant department.
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Nope. It says you have no power and are just holding down the fort til the real manager shows up.
 
sdifox said:
Nope. It says you have no power and are just holding down the fort til the real manager shows up.
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🙄

What it means is that "I want to speak to the manager of this department instead of you" will get you nowhere.
 
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CZroe said:
🙄

What it means is that "I want to speak to the manager of this department instead of you" will get you nowhere.
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Think of it this way. You are the manager, until you are not. Every position is "acting", thus redundant.
 
sdifox said:
Think of it this way. You are the manager, until you are not. Every position is "acting", thus redundant.
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...but your boss/company/organization might not want you claiming a position or title that misrepresents your position within the company to others outside of the company. That's precisely why people use the phrase "acting [title]." It communicates your current functional position without claiming that you were ever out-right granted the title.

Our general manager was promoted away to manage a larger facility about a month ago. We are waiting on a replacement. In the mean time, any clients wishing to speak to "the manager" at our facility have to talk to the operations manager (my boss). That makes my boss "acting general manager" of our facility though he is still officially "operations manager." The new general manager arrives later this week, but until then my boss is the highest ranking person a client can deal with. On his resume he cannot claim that his position was "general manager" though he can note the relevant experience where he was briefly responsible for it.
 
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CZroe said:
...but your boss/company/organization might not want you claiming a position or title that misrepresents your position within the company to others outside of the company. That's precisely why people use the phrase "acting [title]." It communicates your current functional position without claiming that you were ever out-right granted the title.

Our general manager was promoted away to manage a larger facility about a month ago. We are waiting on a replacement. In the mean time, any clients wishing to speak to "the manager" at our facility have to talk to the operations manager (my boss). That makes my boss "acting general manager" of our facility though he is still officially "operations manager." The new general manager arrives later this week, but until then my boss is the highest ranking person a client can deal with. On his resume he cannot claim that his position was "general manager" though he can note the relevant experience where he was briefly responsible for it.
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Thuems he was just a caretaker until the real gm showed. And yes the OM can put down GM (for x weeks) in his cv.
 
sdifox said:
Thuems he was just a caretaker until the real gm showed. And yes the OM can put down GM (for x weeks) in his cv.
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*facepalm*

Not if the employer/organization did not grant the title. If your boss goes home sick and leaves you in charge you can put on your resume that you were "sometimes acting manager," "left solely responsible for the entire shift," or whatever but you can't just claim your boss' title on your resume and many organizations do not want you representing yourself as a manager to clients and partners.

He can't put that because it was never his title or official responsibility. He was "acting manager" for a short period of time and he can put that in his resume in the list of experiences his operations manager position granted him.

It's pretty simple.
 
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CZroe said:
*facepalm*

Not if the employer/organization did not grant the title. If your boss goes home sick and leaves you in charge you can put on your resume that you were sometimes left solely responsible for the entire shift or whatever but you can't just claim your boss' title on your resume and many organizations do not want you representing yourself as a manager to clients and partners.

He can't put that because it was never his title or official responsibility.
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Was he or was he not tasked to fullfill the duty of the gm for that period of time? It's a role he was playing, n'est pas?
 
sdifox said:
Was he or was he not tasked to fullfill the duty of the gm for that period of time? It's a role he was playing, n'est pas?
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He's tasked with that duty even when the facility had a GM. His NORMAL job duties AS OM involve working on her off days as acting GM. He can't just claim her job title every time she goes home or on vacation. The only difference is that he can't pass something on to the real GM when someone specifically asks.
 
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<Name>, <Position>, <Bachelor Degree>, <Master's Degree>, <Every bullshit professional designation you can name>, <High School Diploma>
 
Imp said:
<Name>, <Position>, <Bachelor Degree>, <Master's Degree>, <Every bullshit professional designation you can name>, <High School Diploma><ATForums ranking>
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FTFY

I'm putting "Lifer on ATOT" in there if I have to put all that other crap.
 
CZroe said:
...but your boss/company/organization might not want you claiming a position or title that misrepresents your position within the company to others outside of the company. That's precisely why people use the phrase "acting [title]." It communicates your current functional position without claiming that you were ever out-right granted the title.

Our general manager was promoted away to manage a larger facility about a month ago. We are waiting on a replacement. In the mean time, any clients wishing to speak to "the manager" at our facility have to talk to the operations manager (my boss). That makes my boss "acting general manager" of our facility though he is still officially "operations manager." The new general manager arrives later this week, but until then my boss is the highest ranking person a client can deal with. On his resume he cannot claim that his position was "general manager" though he can note the relevant experience where he was briefly responsible for it.
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CZroe said:
Where did he say that?
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the second paragrah.
 
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