Hopeless job market

Salon published an entertaining article on just how bad the market is for tech jobs. It refers to a website called fuckthatjob.com. Here's an excerpt for those who don't subscribe to Salon:

She asked her close friends, many of whom were also looking for jobs, to send her the most outrageous postings they spotted; she would put up the listings and add snarky comments about the employers behind them. She was quickly inundated with examples of over-the-top job requirements. There was, for instance, the film editor who wanted an assistant to help him finish a project -- the assistant would get no pay, and would need to provide his own editing equipment. Or there was a marketing firm in need of a "team player" to work as a copywriter. The applicant, who would be an unpaid intern, had to know HTML, Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, PHP, JavaScript and "search engine optimization." The company wanted this person to have four years of marketing experience, and work for about 20 hours a week. The position was perfect, the ad said, for people who had "a desire to keep their skills polished during a lapse in employment. In other words, if you haven't been able to find a job and want to stay 'in the marketing loop', this is a great way to do so."

I have a candidate for that site. Posted on craigslist, it looks like an ad for overseas English teachers. In fact it's just an advertisement for a school -- I use the word loosely -- in the Czech republic that issues you a certificate in teaching English to non-English speakers and purports to offer job placement. I hope nobody would be dumb enough to think that's some kind of job guarantee, in the Czech Republic or anyplace else -- even if their four-week program is any good.