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10 Of The World Greatest's Job by ifyan(m): 9:36pm On Aug 15, 2013
1 Paradise island caretaker
Ben Southall, 34, of Petersfield, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from
around the world for the dream assignment to swim, explore and relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef, while writing a blog to promote
the area. He was selected for the $111,000 gig - a six-month contract to serve as caretaker of a tropical Australian island. He now has to live rent-free in a
three-bedroom villa, complete with pool. Before getting the job he had to spend four days on the island for an
extended interview process, which required applicants to snorkel through crystalline waters, gorge themselves at a beachside barbecue and relax at a
spa. He also had to demonstrate his blogging abilities, take swimming tests
and sit through in-person interviews.


2 Luxury bed tester
A student from Birmingham City University has landed her dream job...literally! Sleeping on the job and having a lie-in will no longer be a
problem for a girl, who has been selected to test out luxury beds for a month
and get paid for it. Roisin Madigan, 22, is earning £1,000 to sleep in designer beds every day for
a month. The student is helping with a "sleep survey" carried out by luxury
bed specialists Simon Horn Ltd. The company sells luxury Savoir Beds,
originally made for the Savoy Hotel. General manager Craig Roylance said Roisin will not only provide an objective view of the beds on sale, but will
also be part of a look into what brings a good night's sleep. She will spend
10am to 6pm in beds in the company's showroom in Edgbaston, and then will blog about her experiences.


3 Resort waterslide tester.
Surely the envy of any desk-bound office worker, Tommy Lynch has travelled
over 27,000 miles this year for his job, testing holiday resort waterslides. Mr
Lynch, 29, works for holiday giant First Choice, checking the height, speed,
water quantity and landing of the flumes, as well as all safety aspects. In
2008 Mr Lynch tested waterslides at holiday villages in Lanzarote, Majorca,
Egypt, Turkey, Costa Del Sol, Cyprus, Algarve, Dominican Republic and Mexico. This year he will quality control First Choice's new splash resorts in
Greece, Turkey, Florida, Jamaica and Ibiza. Liverpool-born Mr Lynch, whose job title is lifestyle product development
manager, was recruited to identify the very best pools to be featured in First
Choice's new Splash Resort collection. He also ensures potential new resorts
are up to the company's standard.


4 Professional prostitute tester.
Jaime Rascone is no different than the rest of us in that the erstwhile DJ
needs to grab the occasional odd job to make ends meet. But the Chilean
lothario has beat all of us by holding the type of fantasy job that just sounds
too good to be true: Quality Control in a brothel.
Rascone, an occasional male model and DJ, first happened upon Fiorella
Companions in Santiago, Chile while working on a story about the country's sexual revolution. He was offered the gig by Madam Fiorella, who needed
somebody to provide that final “interview” in her hiring process. It goes like
this: girls who are interested in working as VIP escorts for Fiorella have to
undergo interviews, psychological testing, and a photo session. The
applicants are whittled down to a final six, who are then bleeped one after the
other in a single day by Jaime. He takes diligent notes on, say, how they moved their hips and whether their groans were adequate, and makes
recommendations to the madam. There is even paperwork involved. The
strain of the job is actually such that he can only do it once a month, testing
around seventy girls or so a year.


5 Wine tester and blogger.
Imagine moving to the heart of Sonoma County, where every day you'll come
home to more than 450 wineries along the beautiful northern coast of
California. Picture living rent free, learning the intricacies of making the perfect wine, and capturing and sharing the entire experience for your
network of Twitter followers. Now imagine getting paid $10,000 a month to
do it. Listening? Hardy Wallace of Atlanta, the first person to submit his
application, was the winner for the position at Murphy-Goode Winery— a
$10,000 p/mo for six months, rent-free job updating Twitter and Facebook
with his winery lifestream. The interview process was simple: submit a YouTube video explaining why you would be good for the job and wait to see what happens.


6 Candy taster .
Another one of the world's best job has gone to schoolboy Harry Willsher,
12, chief taster in a sweet factory. Harry's job is to test top secret recipes. He
got the job after winning a contest at Swizzell's Matlow to find a recruit.
According to him, after his first tour at his new job, he felt like having
stepped into the book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. He wowed judges
by describing the flavor and smell of his favourite sweet, the Drumstick lolly. The Derby firm, which also makes Love Hearts, Rainbow Drops and Parma
Violets, has now given the youngster chief taster overalls and business cards.
As well as sampling the sweets, he will also monitor their development at the
company's factory in New Mills, Derbyshire. I don't know if it's the best job,
but it's definitely the sweetest.


7 Condom tester .
An Australian manufacturer called for applications for what it claims could be
the world's best job - condom tester. Durex marketing manager Sam White
was hiring Australians over the age of 18 who could apply for one of 200
positions as a condom tester. Unfortunately the position is not paid, but
successful applicants would receive a free $60 selection of Durex products
and will be required to provide the company with honest feedback about the products' performance. One of the lucky 200 testers would win a $1000
bonus. Maybe the bonus is not that great, but one thing's for sure - it's a job
where employees won't mind taking their work home and burning the
midnight oil. We are sorry to inform you applications are closed.


8 World of Warcraft Tester .
Do you Play World of Warcraft? And if so, do you play well? Can you farm
200 gold an hour and hit level 80 in under 2 weeks? If the answer is yes, you can apply for the job that about 12 million players only dream about, as a
Wow game tester! There are in fact several Blizzard jobs posted on their
website. The Blizzard employment database has dozens of mmorpg jobs
available, mostly WoW employment opportunities. They are currently hiring
for several game tester positions for World of Warcraft, under the QA
department. They are in particular looking for foreign language testers, so if you speak any other language besides English, don't hesitate to apply to start
your Blizzard career. And, yeah, you will be required to play at least four
hours a day.


9 Director of Fun at a museum (age 6).
A six-year-old boy who wanted to become the director of York's National
Railway Museum landed himself a job - as the director of fun. The ambitious
youngster got a plum role at the National Railway Museum after applying to replace retiring boss Andrew Scott. Sam Pointon sent a handwritten letter headed "Application for director" asking for an interview at the centre, in
York. The letter listed his credentials for the role, including his expertise on
his train set. "I am only six but I think I can do this job," wrote Sam. "I have
an electrick (sic) train track. I am good on my train track. I can control two
trains at once." Staff was so impressed they appointed Sam an honorary
"Director of Fun" and his job will be to bosses how he thinks they can ensure the museum is the most fun place for kids to spend a day out. Ok, maybe this isn't the best job in the world for an adult, but it certainly
rocks the world of a 6 year old.


10 Bike rider-photographer for Google Maps Google.
(GOOG) has hired two lucky young men to ride around France on
dopey looking tricycles snapping up photos of historical sites that are
inaccessible by car. This three-wheeler is a sight with its long pole holding
nine cameras, a GPS, a computer and a generator. But the contraption
tooling around the French capital needs all that gear to do its job – adding
three-dimensional images to Google's Street View Maps. The riders, wearing Google tee-shirts and white helmets, are visiting well-
known sites such as the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, the Jardin du
Luxembourg on the city's Left Bank or Les Halles, in the busy centre of the
French capital.

Re: 10 Of The World Greatest's Job by ifyan(m): 9:54pm On Aug 15, 2013
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Re: 10 Of The World Greatest's Job by fr3do(m): 11:02pm On Aug 15, 2013
No physicist angry
Re: 10 Of The World Greatest's Job by ifyan(m): 11:13pm On Aug 15, 2013
Dont you get it,it a kind of job with no stress.

Re: 10 Of The World Greatest's Job by ifyan(m): 11:17pm On Aug 15, 2013
Chie so enjoyment galore. Prostitute tester

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