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09/03/2003 Archived Entry: "CNN's 'Where The Jobs Are,' Part 2"
CNN's 'Where The Jobs Are,' Part 2
You might have read my report on CNN's insipid series this week about 'where the jobs are.' Yesterday, they highlighted the vast employment potential of being a lobsterman in Maine. Today, they featured the similarly closed-shop of mortgage banking. One might think the entire week was going to go like this.
But never fear - tomorrow, they're going to feature the fast-growing field of slinging donuts at Krispy Kreme! All you middle management types should run, not walk, to the KK near you! Get in on the ground floor of this exciting opportunity!!
Jesus.
Replies: 5 people speak up
i saw a cnn report a week or so ago talking about how to get a job. their advice was to settle for something you are way overqualified for. they said that if you have more than 10 years work experience, to only put the last 10 years on your resume, so you dont seem too old for the job, and they also said to leave any advanced degrees off of your resumee. i always thought you got your masters degree to be qualified for a job. it seems like they are grooming people especially for that krispy kreme job. its just insane. the typical american company wants nothing but fodder, they want an employee so desperate for work that he will roll over and beg when they treat him like shit. they dont want someone who is a capable adult, because they wouldnt put up with that kind of treatment. its amazing what a difference 3 years can make. this country wont even be recognizable if bush gets another 4 years
Posted by justin @ 09/03/2003 04:09 PM NY
Blah3,
Do you post these threads to torment me? Why must you thrust that 15" stainless steel needle into that raw, sensitive, irritated nerve? (No, Sen. Santorum, please don't read any Freudian sexual allusions into that question.)
Maine lobsterman, Krispy Kreme donut slingers? Hell, you know what, maybe I'M the problem. Instead of spending 13 fucking years going to night school getting two goddamned degrees, maybe I should have focused on finding myself a McJob (the lobsterman scenario doesn't sound promising, I have a bad back).
Next you'll be telling me that the CNN mediawhores were smirking during the segment.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/03/2003 04:09 PM NY
they smirk durring every segment, they are "journalists". on an unrelated note, has anyone noticed how much hotter news women have gotten over the past 3 years. kira phillips, heidi collins, kiran chetry, norah odonnel, laurie dhue, soledad obrian, jennifer eccleston, they are all so hot. do you think this is consciouse effort on their part to make the horrible state of affairs in this country more palatable? or do you think it is just that sex sells? either way, as a person who watches way to many hours of news a day, i must say i enjoy it
Posted by justin @ 09/03/2003 04:14 PM NY
Justin,
You couldn't possibly be implying that the major broadcast mega-conglomerates are pandering to our basest instincts by having the news read to us by eye-candy-babes, are you?
Who the hell needs Edward R. Murrow? He was old, ugly, and he smoked.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/03/2003 04:57 PM NY
dont get me wrong, i enjoy beautifull women as much, or more than the next guy, i just wish they also had some journalistic integrity to go with the smoking hot looks. put a whitty cynical mind on a heidi colins or a kiran chetry and id be in love. either way they are all nice and jiggly, it keeps me from throwing something through my tv screen.
Posted by justin @ 09/03/2003 07:18 PM NY
