The city’s unemployment rate decreased last month, but only because people stopped looking for jobs. Because they’ve given up. Because there are no jobs. And even when there are jobs, they don’t pay good wages or reduce the city’s ridiculous income gap in any significant way, so why even bother trying? Read more »
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For those of you on the West Coast who need a job, here’s one: an internet porn production company is seeking a “stage custodian” who is “comfortable and willing to possibly clean up human fluids from shoots as well as dildos and props from shoots.” Apply today! |NBC|
Job alert: “Charmin will be offering…holiday employment to five outgoing people who will work in the company’s Times Square restrooms this holiday season.” Before you snicker at the offer, do know, the five week job pays $10k. |1010Wins|
Are you un-or under-employed? Do you live in Brazil? Then, this spot for the Dream Job site—featuring a kvetching in-demand massage therapist who works exclusively on models 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week—is for you. However, if you don’t live in Brazil, but are an unemployed (or employed) functioning heterosexual male (or lesbian), then this spot is also for you. Creatively, it’s far from my favorite jobs site commercial ever. Monster.com has done some crackerjack work over the years—my favorite being this perfect one that first aired during the 2003 Super Bowl. But…anyway I have to take a conference call from some jerk-off in the bathroom, excuse me… |Video: Illegal Advertising|
The economy can’t be that bad with all these jobs being plastered around Brooklyn, right? If you’re not interested in doing an amateur porn flick in Bushwick, but still have a knack for theatrics how about some singing? This simply scrawled business card soliciting “DOOWOP” singers was spotted on a traffic signal box under the Flushing Avenue M-Train station. If entertainment isn’t your thing, jump for Mr. Dorn’s job offer, you don’t even need a GED and get to carry a gun.
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