CNN

[W5GA]

Just got this via email. Great morning laugh.



As a proud member of the Time Warner
family, CNN is not just searching for people with degrees in journalism or
telecommunications. We want employees who -- above all -- have a passion for
delivering news in fast, accurate and compelling ways to the global public. As
the world's largest and most prestigious network, CNN is interested in creative
and energetic people with diverse perspectives and talents to participate in the
company's growth. more information... (wlmailhtml:{6BF83242-E2D7-4832-BE55-B44EAC855204}mid://00000060/!x-usc:http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001LC3tqmX3KdyPflKcDdga7U12vzxYAS_SNs_UMy C_dFRFTS4mN4N8Bk0NO-KOueFDqeplvz43-Je9k4Yhbv_xBQmS_T-0rSRNRYGpH9IL5xX7Jsleu8MyeA==)

[W3WN]

Wha?

So CNN doesn't want people with technical skills who've been trained in how to report... they want people with passion who don't neccesarily know what the hell they are doing?

Are they trying to turn into FoxNews?

[X-Rated]

Wha?

So CNN doesn't want people with technical skills who've been trained in how to report... they want people with passion who don't neccesarily know what the hell they are doing?

Are they trying to turn into FoxNews?

That ship sailed years ago.

[N8YX]

Candidates with industrial experience - especially in the fabrication specialties - to the head of the line, please.

[KJ3N]

Candidates with industrial experience - especially in the fabrication specialties - to the head of the line, please.

Would they be in line before, or after, the candidates with experience in writing fiction?

[N8YX]

Would they be in line before, or after, the candidates with experience in writing fiction?
Good question. Is CNN an EOE? In that case, get both!

[kf0rt]

As the world's largest and most prestigious network

Since when?

[KG4CGC]

Candidates with industrial experience - especially in the fabrication specialties - to the head of the line, please.

I'm thinking, "After you finish writing that 'news' piece. Grab the ladder and start changing burnt light tubes."

[WØTKX]

Sigh. I miss the heady days of fab and machine software as a potential career choice. Didn't last.

[kb2vxa]

"Are they trying to turn into FoxNews?"

Faux News never was on the agenda, with the Turner brand on the can it's been Chicken Noodle News from day one. You know, chicken noodle soup without the chicken.

[N7YA]

Sigh. I miss the heady days of fab and machine software as a potential career choice. Didn't last.


Oh, and the days of being able to work in things like teaching and construction, and autoworker....thats a shrinking demographic.

[kf0rt]

Sigh. I miss the heady days of fab and machine software as a potential career choice. Didn't last.

You might not like it today. It's totally overmanaged.

[W5GA]

autoworker....thats a shrinking demographic.
Most high schools I'm aware of don't even offer shop classes anymore. Thank NCLB.

[N7YA]

Most high schools I'm aware of don't even offer shop classes anymore. Thank NCLB.


Im only in my mid-40s, but in high school, i remember classes such as Home Economics, sex ed, science (with chemicals, Van de Graff generators, electricity...real science!), Phys ed, drafting and graphics, art, music...oh, and a full school year that you had to go to. In many schools, teachers are underpaid, admin is overpaid, classes are huge, and subjects are slashed to the point of irrelevance...unless you pay exorberant amounts to send your kid to a private school, and even those are starting to suck.

My son is 17, he is a smart kid and into sports and learning, he has no idea what im talking about when i mention classes that i use to have. And every time i ask how school was, more often than not, i get the answer "Oh, i didnt have school today because its a 'staff development day'", or some admin day or some shit like that...basically, half the year we used to have to be there is gone now. These kids dont need to learn shit, apparently! Really went downhill in the last couple of decades. What they do have with regularity is gang fights, texting, lots of drug use, pregnant 13 year olds and a general lack of interest (all of that stuff, minus texting, we had in my high school too, but we also had classes, subjects and 5 day school weeks with a few holidays off). The kids are frustrated and disinterested.

I dont go to high school, i dont know first hand, but my son does, Thats coming from HIM!