What the Job Ad says -- What it means
Advancement opportunity -- Shit job
Entry level -- *Really* shit job No experience necessary -- The mother of all shit jobs
Administrative assistant -- Shit job with a title
Ground floor opportunity -- Shit job with a company that will file bankruptcy within a year
Progressive company -- Employees get to wear jeans every other Friday
Team player -- Must deal with dangerously territorial co-workers with rabid personalities
Upbeat personality -- Must neither threaten us with any kind of lawsuit nor use the drug and alcohol rehab benefit within the first year
Word processing skills essential -- There's a crippling case of carpal tunnel syndrome in your future.
Public relations -- Receptionist
Professional appearance important -- $20K/year that requires a $100K wardrobe
Pleasant telephone manner -- Be voice of 1-900-SUCK
Earn up to $300/hr -- *BE* 1-900-SUCK
Salary range $24K to $32K -- This salary is $24K
Jeans job! -- Minimum wage temp job in concentration camp conditions
Will train -- Prior conviction of a or two, no problem
B.A. required, master's preferred -- Must be an M.A. and be willing to work on a B.A.'s salary
Civil service -- This job was filled from the inside six months ago
Women & minorities encouraged to apply -- White males need not waste the stamp
Outstanding benefits package -- Health insurance
Tons of variety! -- We took all the heinous tasks no other employee would do and rolled them in to one job.
Top-notch communication skills -- Telemarketing
Beautiful offices in attractive locations -- Brand new ticky-tacky windowless building where the picture frames all match the carpeting
Secretary -- Woman-only job with the responsibilities of management and wages of a migrant worker
Executive secretary -- The most powerful position in any company
Dedicated -- You're looking at a minimum of 80 hrs/wk from now until we force you in to early retirement
Salary commensurate -- We will pay whatever the hell we feel like
Salary negotiable -- We will take the lowest bidder
Competitive salary -- We'll pay you up to 10% more than your last job. but not one penny more
Competitive starting salary -- Ten cents above minimum wage
Pleasant atmosphere -- A staff of pod people
Professional atmosphere -- Zombie pod people
Fun, creative atmosphere -- Pod people from hell
Dynamic atmosphere -- Zombie pod people from hell
Gal Friday -- Anyone who actually applies for this job and deserves it
Self-starter -- Open to very broad interpretation since no one really knows what this means
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