You know when you’re looking over someone’s resume for them? Do you ever read those little “about me” bullet points at the end where they give little nuggets about their personalities in a desperate attempt to appear human? I ran across one today where the person listed the following item:
IN HER RESUME!
Good lord…
Frankly, I blame VH1. With all their endless programming that centers around the minutia of celebrity life and trivial details about pop culture* the youth of today has somehow come to believe that all that stuff actually matters. So much so that companies looking to hire people will want to hire people who are up to date on the latest developments in Paris Hilton’s sex life or which third world country Brangelina is visiting this week**.
Yeah…not so much.
* e.g. “I Love the 80’s/90’s/70’s”, “Best Week Ever”, “Celebrity Fit Club” and the rest of the Celebreality gang
** BTW, has anyone heard from Maddox or the-other-adopted-kid-whose-name-nobody-can-remember lately? Ever since Shiloh’s been born it’s like they fell off the face of the planet, or went to go play with Suri Cruise and never came back.
- Lifestyles of the rich and famous as detailed in People, In Touch, and US Weekly
IN HER RESUME!
Good lord…
Frankly, I blame VH1. With all their endless programming that centers around the minutia of celebrity life and trivial details about pop culture* the youth of today has somehow come to believe that all that stuff actually matters. So much so that companies looking to hire people will want to hire people who are up to date on the latest developments in Paris Hilton’s sex life or which third world country Brangelina is visiting this week**.
Yeah…not so much.
* e.g. “I Love the 80’s/90’s/70’s”, “Best Week Ever”, “Celebrity Fit Club” and the rest of the Celebreality gang
** BTW, has anyone heard from Maddox or the-other-adopted-kid-whose-name-nobody-can-remember lately? Ever since Shiloh’s been born it’s like they fell off the face of the planet, or went to go play with Suri Cruise and never came back.
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And I have run into this issue in thinking about my own impending job search. Like, one of my interests is "pop culture," but that doesn't sound as good as "triathlons" or "fine wine" or something like that. Thankfully we don't put that stuff on our CVs, but in conversation I think my interests will become "music, film and cooking" (which thankfully are actual interests of mine) and "Celebrity Fit Club 4!" will have to remain submerged.
I hear Brangelina are sleeping in separate beds. Let's keep spreading that rumor.
Now if someone put "telekenetic spoon bending," that would grab my attention.
And, they saw Brangelina are sleeping in separate beds (and rooms) because the mom wants to be close to the baby - and the dad needs his beauty rest.
Go figure...