Friday, October 03, 2008

Picking up talent in the carnage

I have always said that this blow up of the financial sector will release a lot of talent back into the labour pool to be sorted through and picked up.

Kinda like when I was a younger man playing 三國志 computer game, and if you are skillful enough to kill 劉備 and him only, you will be able to pick up 張飛、關公 etc...

Would love if they can do this in Hong Kong too...

Playboy looks for bare market on Wall Street
Thu Oct 2, 2008 2:04pm EDT

By Robert MacMillan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy magazine is offering a new way to lose your shirt on Wall Street.

The adult entertainment magazine, long famous for its photo spreads of nude women and lessons in living the urbane life of the well-heeled bachelor, is launching a search for models to pose for its upcoming feature, "Women of Wall Street."

Playboy came up with the idea for the feature after the onset of the global financial crisis, which has vaporized fortunes and left Wall Street reeling. It is planned for the February 2009 edition of the monthly magazine and on its website.

"When the news gets bad, then maybe that's a chance to make people smile by coming up with something that puts a different twist on it," said Gary Cole, Playboy's photo editor.

Playboy and Playboy.com frequently run specials such as "Girls of Olive Garden" and "Women of Home Depot," but in the past it has garnered attention for big business news themes.

It published "Women of Enron" and "Women of WorldCom" after the companies' spectacular failures. The magazine ran a "Women of Wall Street" feature nearly 20 years ago.

Playboy is seeking current and former employees of the financial world, and is especially interested in those with more senior job experience.

"It would be more interesting to have someone who's a financial analyst," said Cole.

Models must work for a financial institution or have recently worked for one, and prove that they are at least 18 years old.

"How many attractive women do you ... think there are working on Wall Street and the affiliated companies?" Cole said when asked how much success he thought Playboy would have in finding candidates. "There has to be thousands and thousands."

Playboy likely will photograph about 20 women, he said, adding that compensation would depend partly on how many women apply.

"Whether you offer them $500 or $1,000 or $2,000 a piece, that's probably not going to change anybody's mind," he said. "The reason they do this is because they want the attention, the opportunity, the experience of doing it. It's not really for the money."

Playboy is soliciting applications at www.playboy.com/wallstreet

5 comments:

  1. well, you may get to see some of your old classmates who turned you downed back in school haha.....

    i think they are likely to launch more "women of something else" several months later

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  2. Well, girls who turned me down back in school ended up in all walks of life.

    So when Playboy does any "women of anything", I have a high chance of seeing them again regardles

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  3. or may be u can find them at playgirl hohoho...

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  4. Mr Pakman, don't know if you have watched this. Please take a look. (not related to playboy or sexy girl though.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g

    It is few months old, probably shown on UK iTV channel in early 2008..really have to give big applause to these British comedian. Genius.

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  5. I believe I posted it on my blog way back when it came out.

    And it is still good to watch right now.

    But perhaps of my American tertiary education, I enjoy the Daily Show/Colbert Report jabs as well. If not more.

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