The job market like Beth Ditto
I was talking to a friend about how bad the job market has become as of late and he made an interesting analogy as to what it has become. He described a time when he was in Falaraki on a lads holiday in a club where men outnumbered women ten to one. In an effort to impress he decided to “dance on stage with a load of fatties” thinking they would be grateful to be graced with his boyish presence. To his surprise they made a fool of him and threw him off the stage in front of all of his friends. Why? Because they had the numbers on their side and can afford to shun talent when they saw it.
The job market has become Beth Ditto in a nightclub full of desperate men; she’s fat, less than attractive and ultimately not sexually compatible with you since she’s a lesbian. She’s your only hope for a job right now. She’s not a girl you’d ever normally choose to be anywhere near but times are tough and she’s one of the few girls in the club. To add insult to injury there are dozens of other men in the same situation all shamefully trying to take Beth Ditto home but she makes a fool out of every one of them and eventually goes home with the only other girl in the club. That’s how the job market works right now folks. Take what you can get, and yes that might mean that you have to convince Ditto she’s not a lesbian before you swallow your pride and work on taking her home…
You can make this work right?
If you’re a girl, the job market is Christopher Biggins. Good look everyone.
UPDATE:
Just to bring some science into the equation, there was an article in todays observer suggesting that for every job vacancy, there are 10 people looking for work. Beth Ditto has a choice of ten…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/15/job-centres-unemployment-vacancies