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Friday, 20 February 2009

Dream job draws 'wild applicants'

According to the BBC, the deadline is approaching for applications for "the best job in the world" - caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef, based on Hamilton Island.

Applications close on 22 February. Hurry. Hurry.

Voting on a short list of 50 candidates will take place until 24 March, with a new short list to be announced on 2 April. Initial screening of videos has weeded out the obvious hoaxes - including someone impersonating Osama bin Laden - and the nude or obscene. Exceptional videos have been sifted from the more than 20,000 applications in before the weekend, by a team of 15 trained recruitment agents.

Interviews are scheduled for 3 May, before the new Island Caretaker starts a six-month contract on 1 July.

ed. I'm off, see you later.

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