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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Help Wanted

Major hotel/casino in Las Vegas, Nevada seeks receptionist.

Requirements:
MA/MS in Psychology with minimum 5 years clinical experience. PhD and/or MD a plus.
Mastery of PBX phone system.
Able to handle multiple calls from clients with various degrees of emotional stability.

Description:
The successful candidate will receive random calls regarding headliner performances and assess psychological needs of each caller. Procedure will involve accepting initial contact, engaging client/patient for further information and to confirm emotional status, categorizing useful and legitimate information from emotional expression, then concluding call to caller's perceived satisfaction. Candidate may expect between a dozen to several hundred calls in a shift depending upon current events.

Excellent typing skills are a must. Candidate will type their own notes without benefit of dictation services and cross-reference notes on each caller with hotel reservation system.

Hours:
Standard 8 AM to 5 PM shift with 1-hour lunch break to be taken according to call volume. Candidate must wear a pager for on-call duty during high-volume periods.

Salary:
Commensurate with experience. Triple overtime pay for all hours over 40 per week. On call pay of $5 per hour.

Benefits:
Meals, after-hours alcohol, and all required pharmaceuticals included.

Submit full CV with clinical references to:
Colony Capital Partners, LLC
3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV

(With gratitude to Redcat and Peachy for inspiring this composition.)

4 comments:

  1. Love this blog. There is not enough money in the world for me to take this job.(lol)

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  2. This would be a great job for a grad student writing a thesis on fan behavior...boy would they get some GREAT research material!

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  3. The person taking the calls would have to have a direct hookup to a doctor with some strong meds; after a while, alcohol just wouldn't do it.

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  4. I agree. Totally not worth the money, and not enough alcohol in the world to take that job; on the other hand, there would be some stories to tell.

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