Employee Role Selection - HTML Drop-Down for Job Titles


Developing an engaging and structured option for choosing employee roles in a drop-down menu is crucial for numerous web applications. Our manual provides a systematic method for creating this menu with different programming languages.

Whether you're using HTML, JavaScript, PHP, or SQL, you'll discover comprehensive examples and pre-written code snippets. This ensures smooth incorporation and effective organization of job titles within various sections like Leadership, Technical, and Business.

This section provides a JavaScript array that can be used to develop a drop-down menu or selection box for various employee positions. The options that are accessible are "Executive," "Manager," "Supervisor," "Team Lead," "Senior Developer," "Junior Developer," "Intern," "HR Specialist," "Marketing Specialist," "Sales Representative," and "Customer Service Representative."

HTML Drop Down Job Titles

Here is the section of the HTML code for an Employee Role Selection drop-down

HTML
<select id="employee-role" name="employee-role" aria-label="Employee Role Selection">
    <optgroup label="Leadership">
        <option value="ceo">CEO</option>
        <option value="cto">CTO</option>
        <option value="cfo">CFO</option>
        <option value="executive">Executive</option>
        <option value="director">Director</option>
        <option value="manager">Manager</option>
        <option value="supervisor">Supervisor</option>
        <option value="team-lead">Team Lead</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="Technical">
        <option value="architect">Software Architect</option>
        <option value="senior-developer">Senior Developer</option>
        <option value="mid-level-developer">Mid-Level Developer</option>
        <option value="junior-developer">Junior Developer</option>
        <option value="qa-engineer">QA Engineer</option>
        <option value="devops-engineer">DevOps Engineer</option>
        <option value="data-scientist">Data Scientist</option>
        <option value="intern">Intern</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="Business">
        <option value="product-manager">Product Manager</option>
        <option value="project-manager">Project Manager</option>
        <option value="business-analyst">Business Analyst</option>
        <option value="hr-specialist">HR Specialist</option>
        <option value="marketing-specialist">Marketing Specialist</option>
        <option value="sales-representative">Sales Representative</option>
        <option value="customer-service-rep">Customer Service Representative</option>
        <option value="financial-analyst">Financial Analyst</option>
    </optgroup>
</select>

JavaScript Array

JavaScript array employee roles list

JavaScript
const employeeRoles = [
    // Leadership
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'CEO', value: 'ceo' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'CTO', value: 'cto' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'CFO', value: 'cfo' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'Executive', value: 'executive' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'Director', value: 'director' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'Manager', value: 'manager' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'Supervisor', value: 'supervisor' },
    { category: 'Leadership', role: 'Team Lead', value: 'team-lead' },
    // Technical
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Software Architect', value: 'architect' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Senior Developer', value: 'senior-developer' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Mid-Level Developer', value: 'mid-level-developer' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Junior Developer', value: 'junior-developer' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'QA Engineer', value: 'qa-engineer' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'DevOps Engineer', value: 'devops-engineer' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Data Scientist', value: 'data-scientist' },
    { category: 'Technical', role: 'Intern', value: 'intern' },
    // Business
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Product Manager', value: 'product-manager' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Project Manager', value: 'project-manager' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Business Analyst', value: 'business-analyst' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'HR Specialist', value: 'hr-specialist' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Marketing Specialist', value: 'marketing-specialist' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Sales Representative', value: 'sales-representative' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Customer Service Representative', value: 'customer-service-rep' },
    { category: 'Business', role: 'Financial Analyst', value: 'financial-analyst' }
];

Usage Example

Use this array to create a dropdown menu with options

HTML
<select id="employee-role"></select>
javaScripr
const employeeSelect = document.getElementById("employee-role");

employeeRoles.forEach(item => {
    const option = document.createElement("option");
    option.value = item.value;
    option.text = item.role;
    employeeSelect.appendChild(option);
});

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PHP Array

PHP array employee roles list

PHP
<?php
$employeeRoles = array(
    // Leadership
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'CEO', 'value' => 'ceo'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'CTO', 'value' => 'cto'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'CFO', 'value' => 'cfo'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'Executive', 'value' => 'executive'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'Director', 'value' => 'director'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'Manager', 'value' => 'manager'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'Supervisor', 'value' => 'supervisor'),
    array('category' => 'Leadership', 'role' => 'Team Lead', 'value' => 'team-lead'),
    // Technical
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Software Architect', 'value' => 'architect'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Senior Developer', 'value' => 'senior-developer'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Mid-Level Developer', 'value' => 'mid-level-developer'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Junior Developer', 'value' => 'junior-developer'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'QA Engineer', 'value' => 'qa-engineer'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'DevOps Engineer', 'value' => 'devops-engineer'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Data Scientist', 'value' => 'data-scientist'),
    array('category' => 'Technical', 'role' => 'Intern', 'value' => 'intern'),
    // Business
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Product Manager', 'value' => 'product-manager'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Project Manager', 'value' => 'project-manager'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Business Analyst', 'value' => 'business-analyst'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'HR Specialist', 'value' => 'hr-specialist'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Marketing Specialist', 'value' => 'marketing-specialist'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Sales Representative', 'value' => 'sales-representative'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Customer Service Representative', 'value' => 'customer-service-rep'),
    array('category' => 'Business', 'role' => 'Financial Analyst', 'value' => 'financial-analyst')
);
?>

SQL Table

SQL table employee roles

SQL
CREATE TABLE employee_roles (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    category VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    role VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    value VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO employee_roles (category, role, value) VALUES
-- Leadership
('Leadership', 'CEO', 'ceo'),
('Leadership', 'CTO', 'cto'),
('Leadership', 'CFO', 'cfo'),
('Leadership', 'Executive', 'executive'),
('Leadership', 'Director', 'director'),
('Leadership', 'Manager', 'manager'),
('Leadership', 'Supervisor', 'supervisor'),
('Leadership', 'Team Lead', 'team-lead'),
-- Technical
('Technical', 'Software Architect', 'architect'),
('Technical', 'Senior Developer', 'senior-developer'),
('Technical', 'Mid-Level Developer', 'mid-level-developer'),
('Technical', 'Junior Developer', 'junior-developer'),
('Technical', 'QA Engineer', 'qa-engineer'),
('Technical', 'DevOps Engineer', 'devops-engineer'),
('Technical', 'Data Scientist', 'data-scientist'),
('Technical', 'Intern', 'intern'),
-- Business
('Business', 'Product Manager', 'product-manager'),
('Business', 'Project Manager', 'project-manager'),
('Business', 'Business Analyst', 'business-analyst'),
('Business', 'HR Specialist', 'hr-specialist'),
('Business', 'Marketing Specialist', 'marketing-specialist'),
('Business', 'Sales Representative', 'sales-representative'),
('Business', 'Customer Service Representative', 'customer-service-rep'),
('Business', 'Financial Analyst', 'financial-analyst');