Address Book Smart Group question

Hello all,
I want to create a Smart Group in Address Book that compiles people according to their job title.
For example a group of everyone whose job title is 'Manager', i.e. Job Title contains Manager. But for some reason Job Title is not in the list of options when creating a Smart Group.
Is there a way to make it work?
Also, (a question for all the Snow Leopard users) is the option for Job Title there in OSX 10.6?
I'm using Tiger 10.4.11.
Thanks all.

There is no such field for Job Title by default. If you select the Add Field item from the Card menu you can add that field to a card. However, I do not see Job Title as a search field for a Smart Group. I assume this is a bug which you can report here: Feedback.

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