Ok, guys, this is an honest call for help - you guys are the only people I can think of who might know how to help (please oh please dear moderator, if I’m stepping over the boundaries of what I’m allowed to post on this board, lemme know)
The company I work with is seeking Canadian chat hosts for volunteer and for paid positions. The job pays well. ANYONE here have ANY idea where to look for such creatures? I’ve placed ads here and there, but always seem to get complete putzes who don’t know what IRC stands for. I’m actually looking for people with brains, dear <insert diety name here, or if none believed in, insert Kermit The Frog here>!
Any suggestions welcome… drop me a line, or post away!
E.
“Black holes were created when God divided by 0” ~Wally
Well, besides begging any of our own Canadian chat addicts over to your company, your best bet might be placing an advertisment in a computer magazine or journal (preferably local if you live in large enough of an area to support such a publication). Otherwise, I guess you can always go onto IRC and start messaging random people with *.ca addresses about their current job happiness
“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
Otto - good question Actually, the main reason is that the site this is for is aimed at Canadians, so it helps to have a good grasp of canadian culture, and the “little” things that makes us… well… culturally different.
Part of the reason, too, is that we’d love to hire in Canada if possible - doing our share to reverse the brain-drain, etc… but that doesn’t mean that good non-canadian applicants wouldn’t be hired. You can always fire off an email to hr@cibnetwork.com and let them know you’re interested!
The head HR dude checks out and personally replies to all inquires made to that email address, so not to worry, no drone takes care of it
Okay, here’s what you have to do to be different from us folks in the states:
(1) Use the word “Eh” a lot at every sentence, and make sure you use a questiion mark after it, even if the comment is a statement. (Ex: “I think we should boot this abusive person from the room, eh?”)
(2) Get familiar with Canadian rock bands. Not just those really popular ones like Rush, but even the ones that only Americans in Buffalo, Detroit and/or Seattle know aboot (noot a typo - they like the word “aboot”), like The Tea Party, Triumph and The Tragically Hip.
(3) Learn the answer to this question: Who would win in a fight, Wayne Gretzke or God? It is, of course, a trick question. Wayne Gretzke is God. In general, learn all aboot hockey.
(4) Resist the urge to say, “I wanted to shoot that guy,” because unless you’re a Pentathlete, you do not have any weaponry.
Satan, hon, if you wanna volunteer, I’d take you in a heartbeat
I tell ya, fire away your email to HR@cibnetwork.com … and let them know why you’d be a great honorary canadian <weg>…
You forgot simple things such as: metric system, driving distances in hours (not miles)… but otherwise, your list was fairly complete! Wheeeeee!
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