# Misguided Career site TV ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419 "2009-01-28T19:21:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ThatsMyMO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@ThatsMyMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatsMyMO)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419/1 "2009-01-28T19:21:35Z")

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Does anyone else feel these 2 ads for [TheLadders](http://thatsmymo.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/those-god-awful-ads-for-theladders/) and [CareerBuilder](http://thatsmymo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/et-tu-careerbuilder/) just completely miss the mark in today’s economy? Or do you feel they employ humor (pun intended) appropriately?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419/2 "2009-01-28T19:28:30Z")

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OMG, is “and you sit next to this guy” in the CareerBuilder ad the same actor who plays Bork in The Guild?

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419/3 "2009-01-28T21:25:57Z")

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The Ladders ad was cute. The Careerbuilder one was annoying.  
Just because the economy sucks doesn’t make me hate my job any less.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-career-site-tv-ads/483419/4 "2009-01-28T21:49:50Z")

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See a real headhunter’s take on The Ladders [here.](http://corcodilos.com/blog/19/theladders-going-down) Ever wonder why a site supposedly offering $100K jobs (a small percentage of the total in most places) would advertise on mass TV? Because they charge you to register, and because they have no way of proving the jobs listed are for \> $100K or the job seekers are qualified. Except that supposedly these people would be willing to pay. So, really, the idea is that people who qualify for such jobs are stupid, suckers, or both.