Ever applied for a job as a joke?

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

I want to take writing 100% seriously, so I want to get a job in NYC in the publishing industry so that I can network. Well, that is not going so well, so now I am looking for any job that will take me to NYC.

I just applied to this one as a joke. I couldnt resist. The ad is just so over the top.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/ofc/203763313.html

LOL, I gave them every standardized test I ever took. They are going to think I am nuts.

SpookyWriter · Sep 6, 2006

nicegrrl said:
I want to take writing 100% seriously, so I want to get a job in NYC in the publishing industry so that I can network. Well, that is not going so well, so now I am looking for any job that will take me to NYC.

I just applied to this one as a joke. I couldnt resist. The ad is just so over the top.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/ofc/203763313.html

LOL, I gave them every standardized test I ever took. They are going to think I am nuts.

I don't think it's crazy to want work in the Big Apple for a publishing house. I continue to apply for work with all the major imprints and have a few nibbles. Plus, NYC is a rocking fun place to live. I used to do work on Long Island and visit NYC during my freetime. I wouldn't mind living there if the money was good.

Soccer Mom · Sep 6, 2006

WTF? SAT over 1350 for a two month temp job? I was prepared to flame you for waisting people's time, but having read the link, um, ... carry on.

NeuroFizz · Sep 6, 2006

I hope you would at least consider taking the job if they called. Applying for a job with absolutely no intention of taking it (just as a joke, for exmaple) has an unethical ring to it. It increases the workload of the person or persons who do the screening of applicants, for one thing. This is probably not a big deal in this instance, but there are situations where applying for a job in bad faith does create ethical problems for the applicant.

And, this holds no matter what their application requirements are.

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

Hey, if they take me to NYC, Ill go. I only have to work for them for 2 months, but come on- they want a freaking admin assistant for 2 months.

dclary · Sep 6, 2006

The year after I graduated high school, we got a new AP English Lit teacher. I decided I wasn't sure if she was up-to-snuff, so I attended her class for 2 weeks, under a pseudonym (and the snickers of my friends in the class who knew the truth). But going back to school for 1 class, just to be an a$$ got boring, so I stopped going.

About a month later I sent a "Paul Jones has been out ill with pneumonia, can you please put together a homework packet for him" note to the teacher, who spent about 8 hours getting it all together from me.

I understand that when she found out the truth, it took a team of staff and several dozen chocolate chip cookies before she'd decided not to kill me and/or press charges for "impersonating a student."

SpookyWriter · Sep 6, 2006

nicegrrl said:
Hey, if they take me to NYC, Ill go. I only have to work for them for 2 months, but come on- they want a freaking admin assistant for 2 months.

You'd never survive on the pay. A fricken dinky apartment (one room) may cost you well over $1000 a month to live. If you were lucky enough to find a roommate or share an apartment then maybe, just maybe, you'd break even. But I doubt it.

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

At 18 an hour, I should make enough to live in NYC if I work full time, yes?

SpookyWriter · Sep 6, 2006

nicegrrl said:
At 18 an hour, I should make enough to live in NYC if I work full time, yes?

Soccer Mom · Sep 6, 2006

Umm. What Spooky said.

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

Why not? 18 x 40 x 4 = 2880 pretax per month. That's enough for just me.

Pomegranate · Sep 6, 2006

I just did a quick and dirty calculation, but if you worked full time, you'd be taking home about $2300/month. Can you live on that? Sounds like rent will take about half your income.

NeuroFizz · Sep 6, 2006

dclary said:
The year after I graduated high school, we got a new AP English Lit teacher. I decided I wasn't sure if she was up-to-snuff, so I attended her class for 2 weeks, under a pseudonym (and the snickers of my friends in the class who knew the truth). But going back to school for 1 class, just to be an a$$ got boring, so I stopped going.

About a month later I sent a "Paul Jones has been out ill with pneumonia, can you please put together a homework packet for him" note to the teacher, who spent about 8 hours getting it all together from me.

I understand that when she found out the truth, it took a team of staff and several dozen chocolate chip cookies before she'd decided not to kill me and/or press charges for "impersonating a student."

No remorse on this, other than the expense of cookies?

dclary · Sep 6, 2006

Of course not.

MidnightMuse · Sep 6, 2006

nicegrrl said:
Why not? 18 x 40 x 4 = 2880 pretax per month. That's enough for just me.

Seriously, in NY it isn't. Not unless you're willing to share a studio apartment with 5 other people.

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

Well, working in publishing is not going to pay me any better than that, so what can I do? Most people my age make about that much if not less.

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

Rent's always taken half my income since I live in Boston, which costs the same. I dont understand how someone cant live on like 800 dollars a month for food and other bills. What exactly do people need that costs so much?

SpookyWriter · Sep 6, 2006

nicegrrl said:
Rent's always taken half my income since I live in Boston, which costs the same. I dont understand how someone cant live on like 800 dollars a month for food and other bills. What exactly do people need that costs so much?

Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll... :tongue

nicegrrl · Sep 6, 2006

Well, I guess there are benefits to never drinking alcohol and not having to pay for dates. As for rock n'roll, jeez once you have an ipod, the music doesnt cost nuthin.

smiley10000 · Sep 6, 2006

You will need money for transportation, food, clothes, having a life, electricity, phone bill.

Things add up and the big apple is not cheap.

good luck though! It sounds like a fun idea!

10000

eldragon · Sep 6, 2006

Is that the future for Ivy league graduates with high test scores?

$18-20 an hour - two month temp job?

WerenCole · Sep 6, 2006

Sounds like a connector job to me. These are the type of jobs that build a resume and get you to where you are going. I do not come from a top 40 university but I do not doubt that I could be of value to the company. Actually working in a publishing house in NYC is something that I very much wish that I could do. . . . do not take opportunities lightly.

It is either that or be the beat writer for the Boston Red Sox.

Cheers!

ChaosTitan · Sep 6, 2006

Companies advertise for help because they Need Help. Applying for the job because one thinks it is funny is disrespectful and a waste of everyone's time.

A few weeks ago, a woman came into my store and applied for a position. Decently dressed, well-spoken. We give her the application and the Job Description. She fills it out, turns it in. We glance over it to make sure all of the appropriate info is filled out, and notice that she's requested an absurd salary, and her hours are just hilarious (this is freakin' retail and she lists M-F, 8am to 5pm, I mean WTF????).

She must have noticed my face, because as she's turning to leave she says, "I have to fill out applications in order to keep my unemployment benefits." :Wha:

Not only is she wasting my money as a taxpayer, she has just wasted a perfectly good application and the time I spent speaking with her about the job. If looks could kill, she'd have been on the ground.

SpookyWriter · Sep 6, 2006

chaostitan said:
Companies advertise for help because they Need Help. Applying for the job because one thinks it is funny is disrespectful and a waste of everyone's time.

A few weeks ago, a woman came into my store and applied for a position. Decently dressed, well-spoken. We give her the application and the Job Description. She fills it out, turns it in. We glance over it to make sure all of the appropriate info is filled out, and notice that she's requested an absurd salary, and her hours are just hilarious (this is freakin' retail and she lists M-F, 8am to 5pm, I mean WTF????).

She must have noticed my face, because as she's turning to leave she says, "I have to fill out applications in order to keep my unemployment benefits."

Not only is she wasting my money as a taxpayer, she has just wasted a perfectly good application and the time I spent speaking with her about the job. If looks could kill, she'd have been on the ground.

That must have been my girlfriend. Sorry.

ChaosTitan · Sep 6, 2006

SpookyWriter said:
That must have been my girlfriend. Sorry.

Ever applied for a job as a joke?

nicegrrl

SpookyWriter

Soccer Mom

Crypto-fascist

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

nicegrrl

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

SpookyWriter

nicegrrl

SpookyWriter

Soccer Mom

Crypto-fascist

nicegrrl

Pomegranate

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

nicegrrl

nicegrrl

SpookyWriter

nicegrrl

smiley10000

What do we do? We write...

eldragon

in a van down by the river

WerenCole

Funny what? Do I amuse you?

ChaosTitan

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