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In two minds

 

the advert that contradicted itself

 
If my dad were here, he might have placed that ad in front of me and said, "Hey, Miss Journalist! Tell me what is wrong with this ad!"

He used to do that all the time with random sentences in newspaper articles. He's sharp, is my dad. Can't pull the wool over his eyes, no sirree.

Do you see what I see? If I were to be kind, I'd say this company is trying to hedge its bets and cast its net as widely as possible to catch all possible candidates. However, if I were to be unkind, I'd say this company has no idea what it wants.

Is it looking for experienced people, or is it looking for fresh graduates? Your guess is as good as mine. I suppose this proves that they truly do need an editor, not least because "editing skill" should be in the plural!

Comments (3)

can't you have 2 years of editing experience in a college newspaper?

Well, I didn't think of that. But I went to college and we didn't have a college newspaper... I think very few colleges here have them, being more focused on academics than extra-curricular activities.

Haha, ur dad's just like my dad--y do u think i got a dictionary for my 7th birthday? (n still can't spell worth a shit)

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