Job Possibility

[qos]

Thank you to neversremedy who posted about a job she decided she couldn't apply for -- and which made me go *squee!*



Editor, Internet Movie Database-020873

Job Description

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) is looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, knowledgeable business content editor who is willing to commit to a demanding but satisfying position improving the breadth, depth, and accuracy of the business contact information for our subscription service, IMDb Pro.com. Successful candidates will have a strong working knowledge of the entertainment industry, including agencies, studios, and other media concerns, with outgoing interpersonal skills, including the ability to 'cold call' businesses to ascertain information. Though data entry will be a requirement and mainstay of the job, strategic thinking will also need to be employed to provide meaningful results. Editor will provide aggressive and creative methods to ensure that IMDb Pro.com's business contact information is as accurate as possible, as quickly as possible. Editor will be a self-starter, detail-oriented, capable of handling multiple projects at once, able to take direction, comfortable working with teams, vendors, and management, and will maintain a positive demeanor and flexible schedule.

Qualifications

Extra points for the person who can identify the source of the following quote:

Gorman: All we know is that there is still is no contact with the colony, and that a xenomorph may be involved.
Frost: Excuse me sir, a what?
Gorman: A xenomorph.
Hicks: It's a bughunt.


How many jobs look for someone to do both intensive data entry and strategic thinking??

And IMDB has been at the top of my bookmark list -- right next to Amazon.com and Netflix -- for a long time.

Wish me luck!

Comments

[amqu.livejournal.com]

Aliens!

[royalbananafish.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeeeee!

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I, it's, the...

I just can't tell you how happy this post makes me. You and this job? Oh my.

*bows before qos, queen of cool cinema gig*

[toesontheground.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

Bon chance! Wish me luck as well. I have a phone screen tomorrow later today with the hiring manager at a freind's firm. I've wanted to get back to QA for a few years, and out of my current situation for some time.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Good luck, indeed!

I remember the stories you told me about your current job. It would be great for you to get out of there.

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

How does one respond to a screening interview where one of the major questions asked is, "When can you be available? The client wants to start training on the 25th in Manila." Really bites to then have to insist on at least two weeks notice for my current employer. Then again, I get back from my holiday on the 24th, so even if I was free, that would be right-out. I'll be meeting with the hiring manager on Monday. This could be interesting.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Manila? Not someplace one usually thinks about going. . .

Good luck and keep us posted!

[shewolfs-immram.livejournal.com]

oh that's DELIGHTFUL, Hon!! Bravo!!

Here's hoping it works out for you!!

And, by the bye, have I ever told you that you have all THE coolest icons EVAR???

~ Siobhan

[qos.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you!

I love icons. I love making them. I love finding cool ones and getting permission to swipe them. I love the way they silently but vividly reinforce my words.

[professor-mom.livejournal.com]

yeah, your icons are good. Can you id the quote?

[qos.livejournal.com]

It's Aliens.
When I read it, that's what I thought, but I couldn't be sure, so I used IMDB's character search to confirm. Then, in my cover letter, I told them how I had used IMDB to verify my hunch.