The Job Hunt: Executive Chef, Wine Brand Ambassador, and ... an Old Man

Who wants to spend their Beijing days locked up in a boring, dead-end job, with horrible colleagues you'd rather never see again? As our beloved reader, you should know that you don't have to submit yourself to such an unbearable life of sadness. Instead, take a look below at the best of our job classifieds.

Senior Business Development Associate at Vice China
With newspapers and magazines dying in great waves, and the proliferation of free content on the internet, the journalism industry as a whole can sometimes feel like a sinking ship. One of the most reputable news organizations out there right now could use your help to stay alive: Vice China is looking for a business development associate for their Beijing and/or Shanghai offices. Candidates should be a native Chinese-speaker, fluent in English, with at least three years' experience working in a Chinese sales or media company to work in "production deals, event sponsorships, creative services and media partnerships."

Executive Chef at "Stunning Hotel"
They won't say which hotel is looking, which doesn't bode well for you, but they demand that you have 3-4 years' experience as an executive chef at a "4-5* Hotel!" (yes, they ended that with an exclamation point). The right candidate will have graduated from grade 12 and have a degree or some sort of certification in Culinary Arts, and be "computer literate ... well-spoken and presentable."

Wine Brand Ambassador
This wine company is looking for a "western-looking" ambassador to tout their wares, "traveling around all China representing the company in wines tastings and events." The right candidate will have experience in a "wines or alcohol job" and already be in Beijing with a work visa, unless they have the necessary experience and "a master's degree in China." Sounds like a whiteface gig (though they never specifically requested a white foreigner), but there are worse livelihoods than wandering around China with a suitcase full of wine, right?

Old Man
We've heard of businesses turning to "elders" to cut costs, but this ad seems to be from someone not just willing to deal, but specifically seeking them. We've seen this kind of job before: lend an air of legitimacy to some poor crook with your apparent aged wisdom and willingness to sit down with him. You're probably going to be asked to praise the medical benefits of his RMB 500 bottled toilet water, but at the end of the day, you'll get a piece of the pie (and possibly a bottle of said toilet water on the house).

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