Tuesday, April 03, 2007

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Marcel definitely qualifies as having "crazy hair." Would he be a good candidate for "office jester?" read below.

Office Jester
Posted Mar 30
The Motley Fool, Alexandria, VA

Office JesterThe Motley Fool seeks an outgoing, multi-talented Fool to be our full-time Office Jester. That's right; we work hard and have fun too. We couldn’t be the Motley Fool without our own Jester, after all. The ideal individual will embrace our core value of Joyful Optimism, bringing humor, entertainment, and amusement to all employees and visitors of Fool Global HQ. This is not a new position but it offers great flexibility in execution.


Primary Responsibilities/Objectives:

* Roam office entertaining employees

* Plan and execute parties and happy hours

* Participate in all company meetings and gatherings as an interstitial speaker

* Identify struggling or overworked Fools or Teams and brighten their day

* Function as office DJ, managing/programming the office sound system. Manage musical requests efficiently, while keeping the office bumping.

* Order pizza for Pizza Day

* Repair damaged jester caps

* Construct complex balloon animals

* Care and feeding of the office monkey, Dr. Zaius

* Ride in Foolmobile as body double decoy for Gardner brothers

* Piggyback carry the winner of The Motley Fool Stock Picking Contest in St. Patrick’s Day


Parade Core Competencies:

* Current on all reality TV

* Pop Culture expert, able to postulate about Season 3 of Lost*

Always at the ready with a quip or comeback.

* Equally comfortable in a jester cap and bear suit

* MS Excel

* Proven game room skills as a formidable adversary in Halo, Ms. Pacman and Bubble Hockey; ability to convincingly let management win on occasion.*

Juggle chainsaws, bowling balls, and one item of your choosing

* Have >50 answers to knock-knock jokes, at least half of which must be funny

* Must have authored at least one viral video of moderate fame.

* Can tap a keg on the first try

* Extra napkins and utensils at the ready for Fools eating at their desks

* Can chug beer, shotgun beer, guzzle beer, snort beer, play beer pong, flip cup, 3 man, do beer bongs, beer cheers, keg stands, and bluegills with the best of them



Preferred Qualities:

* Friends would tell you that you are “seriously funny!” but they are laughing so hard they can’t breathe

* Tall or short but we prefer that you not be of average height, as it’s not as funny

* Crazy hair

* Annoying and easily recognizable laugh

* Friends with at least one B list celebrity. (No reality contestants)

* Experience in three of the following: Stand up, Street mime, rally racing, horticulture, pottery, rapping, paragliding, cattle ranching, roller skiing, ballet, actual break dancing/popping, ice fishing, chess

* Blood type AB (or equivalent)

* Ability to type 90 words a minute, replacing all vowels with various forms of smileys


Education:

* Clown college, Improv school, School of the Americas, Brown, or equivalent experience



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