Why Yahoo! and Other Job Information Sites are Full of Crap
Every day, Yahoo! has some story about supposedly secret jobs that you can tap into if you just got your ass off the couch. Today’s story is, “Great Paying Government Jobs.” Among these “great government jobs,” are:
- FBI Special Agent
- Patent Clerk
- Defense Intelligence Agent
- Aerospace Engineer
- Archaeologist
Now, does anyone understand what the requirements are for those positions? You don’t just walk into the FBI or wherever and ask for a job. All require AT LEAST a Bachelor’s degree if not a doctorate. Another article from Yahoo!: “10 Jobs with High Pay and Minimum Schooling.” Among the jobs listed:
- Police Officer
- Funeral Director
- Air Traffic Controller
- Real Estate Broker
- Advertising Sales Agent
Seriously? Why don’t they just list President of the United States? Yahoo! needs to stop drinking Kool-Aid and realize that false promotion of unattainable jobs really isn’t helping the economy.
grigoryrasputin said,
February 7, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I wanted to be an underwater astronautical woven basket museum curator but I lost out to a guy with a PhD in the field…
I wonder what the Flintstones are up to today?
I See… « We Gotta Get Out of This Place… said,
February 8, 2010 at 6:36 am
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