Tasks / Fake Real Jobs Are The New Real Fake Jobs
Post a job on Craigslist.org. Invent a title, job description, salary and organization (or use one that already exists, real or fictional). Try to be as specific as possible, or alternatively, as vague as possible. Collect resumes. Conduct phone interviews with applicants. Extra points for interviews conducted in person. Extra extra points for interviews conducted in person while wearing a mask or burnt cork mustache/beard.
1 to 2 players
120 points
Level 5
4 completed :: 2 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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I've been job-hunting myself lately, and I have to say, it's a bit dizzying when you score an interview - hopes skyrocket because rejection seems to be much more common than the elusive interview.
I'm curious: what's the desired outcome of this particular task?
Yikes, hadn't looked at this in a while, and there's definite issues. So full disclosure: eons ago, when Craigslist job postings were still free (at least in Chicago), and there was a different sort of project in the works, we wanted subjective, but precise descriptions of as many street corners as possible (along the lines of this).
So we posted it as a job ("WANTED: Human Googlebots") on Craigslist, promising a buck or two per location, and perhaps some kind of length requirement. Only a couple people did it, but we did pay up, giggled at being bosses, played mysterious, etc.
So I'd say that was a Real Fake Job, and that's what got turned into this task. The problem with a Fake Real Job is that there seems be little between this task and a prank.
by the by- in cities that aren't SF, or NY, etc, it is still free to post jobs on craigs.
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Y'know, it's -expensive- to post a job listing on Craigs. I'm also not so down with wasting the time of unemployed folks. If someone is going to try to pull this, at least target the sorts of jobs were people are likely to be will off?