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adering	Post subject: Am I just being too suspicious? Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:58 pm
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 599 Location: Beautiful New Jersey	I just spotted this ad: "Best-selling author and journalist seeks highly intelligent individual with outstanding credentials to lead established media company." It goes on with the usual sort of things you'd expect from a job ad. Wraps up with "Submit resume and cover letter in strict confidence to:" such and such an e-mail address at gmail dot com. A more detailed bit of research shows the job's been online since mid-October and was just reposted a day or two ago. Am I seriously to believe that in this economy -- especially the journalistically flavored economy -- there aren't plenty of sharp people looking for work? Basically: What's the gimmick?
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Editer	Post subject: Re: Am I just being too suspicious? Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:26 pm
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm Posts: 1225 Location: Texas	My first thought was that, "established media company" notwithstanding, it doesn't pay nearly enough for whatever the work is, so they can't get anyone they like to agree to do it. But that's just a guess. Any other clues in the ad?
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: Am I just being too suspicious? Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:50 am
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	It could be that the "best selling author and journalist" has an ego the size of Alaska and is looking for someone who has a suitably high recognition of that. IMHO, when you put that in the ad, it tells me it's all about you and not about the job or the hiree.
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Re: Am I just being too suspicious? Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:11 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	The "best selling author" with an "established media company" might be someone publishing with an inkjet printer on his kitchen table. Or someone with a months-old blog. Clue: Failed to claim "prize-winning" status. Maybe I'm being too suspicious. For all I know, it might be the next (or a past) Pulitzer winner. EDIT: Yet again I've managed to post after someone and have it appear before his post.
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Editer	Post subject: Re: Am I just being too suspicious? Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:21 pm
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm Posts: 1225 Location: Texas	Dunno, I saw "best selling author" and "established media company" and immediately thought of the Huffington Post. I don't know what the pay and working conditions are like there, but it's considerably more than a vanity project at this point. Which makes me think it's not the Huffington Post placing the ad. But I can't think of any other jobs that would fit the ad. So I'm puzzled. No big deal, though, since I don't want the job.
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