"Ideal candidate MUST be fluent in Spanish and have a working knowledge of Arabic ."

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<p>[McSweeney’s</a> Internet Tendency: A Great Job Opportunity!](<a href=“http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-great-job-opportunity]McSweeney’s”>http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-great-job-opportunity)</p>

<p>"Must be available at least 80 hours a week and able to work most weekends and all major holidays.</p>

<p>This is a non-paying internship.</p>

<p>Great opportunity to get your foot in the door and gain news experience.</p>

<p>REQUIREMENTS:</p>

<p>A minimum of ten years experience.
At least seven years working on a nationally televised news or reality program in a senior position.
At least three years working at a print publication. Celebrity weekly preferred, but not required. Senior writing position at the New York Times and/or Us Weekly, a plus."</p>

<p>D found this, and was sore afraid…</p>

<p>Discuss. Off to Jamaica!</p>

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<p>My younger d. is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of Arabic. (But she’s already well-paid.)</p>

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<p>Wonder if they’re in compliance with the labor laws on internships?</p>

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<p>You know this is clearly a joke/parody, right?</p>

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<p>I know several people in my area who are fluent in Arabic and also know Spanish. However, they are probably too smart to work as a slave.</p>

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<p>Fave magazine…If you get the magazine, you know where they are coming from.</p>

<p>[McSweeney’s:</a> Lucky Peach](<a href=“http://www.mcsweeneys.net/luckypeach]McSweeney’s:”>http://www.mcsweeneys.net/luckypeach)</p>

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<p>If it is a real job ad, the position is described that way so that the only viable candidate is the person that they already want to put into that job.</p>

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<p>This is obviously a joke. I don’t see how you missed the liberally sprinkled hints on nearly every line… I mean, come on. Even THIS didn’t tip you off?</p>

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<p>There actually was a serious article in today’s WSJ about how employers have unrealistic requirements for positions and then complain that they can’t find a qualified employee. One HR person secretly answered his company’s ad and didn’t even make the cut.</p>

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<p>I get that the ad is a joke, but frazzled kids and friends tell me that they are seeing unpaid and poorly paid internships that are attracting applicants with advanced degrees and experience that could easily rival that of permanent employees, and have friends with STEM degrees (including engineering degrees) who are wondering whether taking such an internship is preferable to having a resume gap and the risk of being seen by employers as having skills that have grown rusty. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at that one.</p>

<p>And,yes, is has become increasingly common to see ads specifying proficiency in a second or third language (typically Spanish or Chinese) along with a technical degree.</p>