Dream Job Alert: You Can Get Paid Around $30 An Hour To Eat Candy

If your ideal workday is sitting around, eating candy, and judging, well, I have great news for you! This is an actual job that exists, you can get paid serious cash to do it, and more than one person will get the honor! It's all thanks to Candy Funhouse.

The company is hiring part-time and full-time "Candyologists," AKA Candy and Chocolate Taste Testers to help the company try out and narrow down which candies will be a part of the first-ever Candy Funhouse branded candy line. The line will feature 10 candies, but they'll first need to be narrowed down from hundreds of options. That's where you come in!

If you want the job, you should have "enthusiasm and eagerness to try confectionery products," and "consider aspects of taste, texture, and quality." You'll then have to write a brief, two-sentence description for each product tested. Basically, you have to really love candy and be willing to be a little judgy about it. DONE. Oh, and applicants who have an interest in candy, pop culture, and media will be given preference. Even better!!

Best of all this job PAYS. Like, pays WELL. The full-time position will net you $30 an hour, according to the Indeed listing, though you'll have to go to work in person, in Mississauga, ON, Canada. However, the part-time position requires 15 hours a week that can be done from home and you'll still earn $26 an hour. Two people will have the opportunity to be full-time employees, while they're choosing eight people to take the role part-time, according to a press release.

You have until February 15, 2021, to apply . Applicants have to have a high school diploma and be a citizen of the U.S. or Canada to apply. You can see more application instructions on each job posting. GOOD LUCK!

Question 1: [2 POINTS] Indicate whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE and write down the sentences or part of the text that justifies your answer.

1.     Funhouse is creating a new line of sweets.

2.     You will need to have basic writing skills.

3.     Only Canadian people will be able to apply for the position.

4.     It is necessary to have a degree to apply for this job.

Question 2 [2 POINTS] Answer the following questions in your own words.

1.     Why does the company need candy testers?

2.     What does the job imply?

Question 3: [1,5 POINTS] Find words or phrases in the text that correspond to the words and definitions given. 

a)    real (par.1)

b)    employ (par.2)

c)     limit (par.2)

d)    keenness (par.3)

e)    request, ask for  (par.5)

 

 

 

KEY

Question 1.

1.     True. " company try out and narrow down which candies will be a part of the first-ever Candy Funhouse branded candy line."

2.     True. " ." You'll then have to write a brief, two-sentence description for each product tested."

3.     False. " Applicants have to have a high school diploma and be a citizen of the U.S. or Canada to apply."

4.     False. " Applicants have to have a high school diploma..."

                Question 2.

1.     They need these people to try and evaluate a series of sweets so that from a lot of candies only ten will be selected for their new line of candies.

2.     The job implies taking into account some aspects of the sweets when trying them. They also ask you to write a short note describing the sweet.

  Question 3.

a)     actual

b)    hiring / to hire

c)     to narrow down

d)    eagerness

e)    to apply for