Fun with Monster.com

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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After many weeks of null results, I’m getting punchy. I have typed in, under “job description”, the folowing:
**Serial Killer

Whale Wrangler

Werewolf**

I wasn’t surprised that I got no responses to “Whale Wrangler” and “Werewolf”, but I confess to mild surprise that there were eight responses to “Serial Killer”.

I’m not kidding. I have them up on my screen now.

Unfortunately, of course, none of them are really for serial killers. The Job Board apparently thinks I typed in the wrong thing, and is looking for the closest matches, or something.
It may refresh you to know that a Senior Software Engineer is apparently the closest thing to a Serial Killer.

That’s too bad, because I don’t think I’m qualified to be a Senior Software Engineer. But I definitely feel qualified, at the moment, to be a Serial Killer.

2

“Captain Crunch found dead. Cereal Killer at large”

3

So I tried Indeed.com, which is a job search meta-site, and was greeted with this message:

I’m not sure I want to pursue my dream job of being a werewolf if it means moving.

(For the record, it’s apparently a job in Special Effects in New York.)

4

When I type in “Serial Killer” at Indeed, I’m informed that, sadly, there are no listings. But my day is brightened by the following message on the screen:

I’m tempted to sign up for that, just to see what I get.

5

Try this place: http://www.phaseforward.com/

They are near you and are looking for Serial Killers

6

Yep, knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

7

I laugh at what Monster returns for me when I’m legitimately searching for a position. I type in Senior Financial Analyst and I’m getting stuff that has none of those three words in the title. A chemist? Oh, sure. I bet I’m qualified!

8

Monster is a decent job hunting tool, but they do make some crazy connections. “Searching for Health Insurance Agent. 40 found. You may also be interested in a job in Offshore Oil Rigging. 23 found.”

9

I actually know someone who works there.

I’ll have to keep a close eye on him…

10

Damn! Now there are TWO Werewolf jobs in the Nationwide listing!
Apparently it’s a booming field! Get in now at the start of the trend!

Edited to add:

A quick check shows that there are FIVE jobs nationwide for “Vampire”

None of them in Massachusetts, though.

11

One of the listings under “vampire” begins:

12

There’s only one listing nationwide under Zombie.

13

Nationwide search on Monster returns 1269 jobs if you type in Mad Scientist. Most of them don’t look as if they require any particular rage or insanity, though. I think they’re just listing the “Scientist” jobs.

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Really? Who? (PM me if you’re not comfortable posting it).

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A search for “Mad Scientists” on Indeed nets you FOUR listings, three of which are apparently for Mad Scientists.
This time I really don’t kid. There are three companies with “Mad Science” in the title that are looking for people.
Maybe I oughtta looki into these…

16

Check your inbox.

Cal, what kind of work are you looking for?

17

I don’t understand why everyone is surprised at listing there for werewolves, zombies, or vampires.
After all, the site is Monster.com. :smiley:

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Serial Killer probably attracts more entrepreneurial types, whereas, with werewolves it’s all about the killer recruitment strategies.

Mad Science did children’s programs at our local library and summer camps involving cool/gross experiments for kids. It looks like fun, although I expect it doesn’t pay much.