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• The highest job in the world (well, Wales)

  Disciples will remember the so-called 'best jobs in the world' advertised last year: tropical island caretaker, theme park reviewer, lap dance club researcher. Now there's a variation on the theme: the highest job. There is a downside, however - it's based in Wales. The Snowdon Mountain Railway Company is looking for a manager for the... Posted Feb 11 2010, 03:40 PM by Guru Filed under: jobs, science, recruitment, job, wales, railway, manager, cafe

• Job of the week! Lapdancing research officer

  The School of Sociology and Social Policy at Leeds University has advertised a vacancy for a research officer to look into "the rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy". The ad states that prior experience of conducting research in the female sex industry is essential and... Posted Dec 03 2009, 08:41 AM by Guru Filed under: entertainment, job, lapdancing, leeds

• China's civil service job rush

  Imagine the administrative nightmare for HR to sort this lot out. An estimated one million people are expected to take the national entrance exam for civil service jobs in China. However there are only 15,000 positions available. If Guru's maths is correct, that's a 1 in 66 chance of landing a plum low-paid job pushing paper in a faceless government... Posted Nov 30 2009, 02:59 PM by Guru Filed under: China, job, exams, civil service

• How to beat the axe - bribe HR

  We all know what a bunch of unethical charlatans those in the City are. But it really does seem that desperate times call for desperate measures as they are prepared to do almost anything to keep their jobs. A poll by IT security firm Cyber-Ark revealed a third of City workers would do their utmost to take a peek at the redundancy list to find out if... Posted Nov 26 2009, 09:03 AM by Guru Filed under: HR, crime, workers, data, human resources, job, City

• One man's rant on media sales recruitment

  Someone under the pseudonym Mr City Man posted this comment on a career blog. It never actually got published but Guru can now reveal its full glory to disciples as it provides a window into the world of one young man trying to get a job in media sales. Potentially libellous and defamatory comments have been edited out. Spelling mistakes and grammatical... Posted Nov 23 2009, 08:41 AM by Guru Filed under: jobs, recruitment, job, media, interview

• Kidnapped on first day in the job

  News from the States where one man has invented an alternative form of new starter induction: kidnapping. According to reports, a man starting his new job at a firm in Utah received a bizarre welcome on his first day, when he was kidnapped by the manager put in charge of training him. The alleged kidnapper had suggested they take an afternoon break... Posted Oct 27 2009, 08:02 AM by Guru Filed under: global, America, job, kidnapp, induction

• Breaking news - Wookey Hole witch to be sacked

  BREAKING NEWS... BREAKING NEWS... Disciples will remember the story of the recruitment campaign to appoint a new Wookey Hole witch. Former estate agent Carole Bohanan - now known as Carla Calamity - beat hundreds of cackling rivals to the job. But now it has been revealed she could be about to cast her last spell. The tourist site's boss has said... Posted Oct 06 2009, 05:23 PM by Guru Filed under: entertainment, job, witch, Wookey Hole

• Best job in the world (yes, another one)

  How many 'best jobs in the world' can you have? By definition, surely only one? However, a new 'best job' seem to come along every few weeks, ever since the original 'best job in the world' - the caretaker of an Australian tropical island - was filled by the slappable Brit Ben Southall back in May. The latest job was the hunt... Posted Oct 06 2009, 10:21 AM by Guru Filed under: jobs, global, job, tourism, orlando, smile

• Best student job in the world

  Guru has (somewhat reluctantly) accepted that stoodents have just as much right to walk the earth as Yours Truly does. After all, they are a ready source of cheap labour for us employers to exploit, particularly now there are legions of graduates desperately searching for a job, any job, please sir... But what to do with the great unwashed when they... Posted Sep 29 2009, 09:39 AM by Guru Filed under: crime, global, job, takeaway, student

• Wookey Hole witch appointed

  Common sense has prevailed and bosses at the Wookey Hole Caves tourist site in Somerset have appointed a female witch. It's ironic that the new witch has been announced on the same day as the Women and Work Commission criticised the government for failing to tackle gender stereotypes in career advice. Is the job of 'witch' a gender stereotype... Posted Jul 29 2009, 12:00 PM by Guru Filed under: jobs, equality, job, witch, Wookey Hole, gender

• Wanted: Porn channel host with naked ambition

  Wanted: TV host, £220 per shift, three days a week, good in front of the camera... and be happy to work semi-naked. Jobcentre Plus is fulfilling its duty to advertise any legal job - this one just happens to be for the host of a TV porn channel. The advert on the Jobcentre Plus website states: "Duties involve explicit sexual dialogue which may... Posted Jul 09 2009, 09:02 AM by Guru Filed under: recruitment, television, job, TV, porn, adult

• Wookey Hole witch job open to men

  How can you have a male witch? Well, in our politically correct world where employers live in fear of discriminating against anyone that is breathing, you can. Wookey Hole tourist site in Somerset is advertising for a witch to live in the caves, "be a witch and do the things witches do". As witch jobs go, it's pretty well paid - £50,000... Posted Jul 08 2009, 10:25 AM by Guru Filed under: discrimination, recruitment, women, job, witch, Wookey Hole

• Sacrebleu! Reality TV contestants gain employment rights

  Three contestants from the French reality TV show 'Temptation Island' have been awarded compensation after a court ruled they have the same entitlements to pay and benefits as employees. A judge decided that the taking part in the show, called l'Ile de la Tentation amounted to a job in terms of French labour laws, which stipulate that no... Posted Jul 01 2009, 09:40 AM by Guru Filed under: entertainment, employment law, job, Reality TV, France, Temptation Island

• Best job in the world for Bridget Jones single types

  Earlier this week Guru blogged about the devout Christian man who manages a lap dancing club. Normally, that would be a great job for a single young man (if you didn't happen to believe in no sex before marriage). Now Yours Truly thinks he has found the perfect job for single (or recently unattached) young women: chocolate eaters. In the name of... Posted Apr 23 2009, 04:54 PM by Guru Filed under: science, women, job, health, chocolate

• Christian virgin puts temptation in his lap

  So, you're a devout Christian young man, who fervently believes in no sex before marriage. You're looking for a new job - where do you think you should apply? A charity, voluntary organisation or social enterprise? Nope, I think I'll apply for a job managing a lap dancing club. Like Jesus was by Satan himself, the fantastically named Dave... Posted Apr 22 2009, 01:07 PM by Guru Filed under: jobs, lapdance clubs, job, religion, The Sun, manager