Intrigued by long-running advert in Guardian: Home help needed for female writer...

Saturnalia

Has the ad appeared today?

mynameisclare

jap200 wrote: »

OOOO - please post the link!

Sorry, they got rid of their forums a year or two ago.

cashless_wonder

Not in there this week either . . . I did however spot a likely post for a 'Drinks Researcher' . . . . excuse whilst I prepare my application :beer:

coolcat2012

It is a real advert- take my word. I took the job only to discover that the working conditions are very undesirable. I will not go into detail because I do not wish to slander any particular individual, but I strongly advise that you ask yourself this question before applying: Why has the position not been filled despite the advert being up for so long?

anewman

coolcat2012 wrote: »

I took the job only to discover that the working conditions are very undesirable. I will not go into detail because I do not wish to slander any particular individual,

The truth is not slander. Your post is informative though, thank you

Callie22

Can't believe it's a recruitment advert for MI5 - don't they do an awful lot of psycholocal profiling and things like that? I can't imagine that they'd be trying to recruit via an advert looking for a 'carer', it seems like it'd attract applicants from the kind of people who are the total opposite to the kind of personality types they're actually looking for.

coolcat2012

The truth is not slander. Your post is informative though, thank you

I just wanted to put a warning out there without risking any back lash. And P.S., it's definitely not an MI5 advert!

Pupnik

coolcat2012 wrote: »

I just wanted to put a warning out there without risking any back lash. And P.S., it's definitely not an MI5 advert!

Of course, that's what they want us to think...

Jerryjerryjerry

This is what I think. The advertiser is advertising for a person she knew many years ago who moved overseas. She completely lost contact/never had contact again and is desperate to get that same person back. That is probably why nobody ever gets a reply. Only the person she is looking for ever will.

Its a long shot, but its the only thing I can think of.

She is obviously very wealthy, as the advert is very costly, but the person she is looking for must be very dear/important to her. Could even be a long lost relative who works/worked as a carer at one time.

Could even have been posted by a private detective company.

Print_Screen

Pupnik wrote: »

Of course, that's what they want us to think...

Exactly....... And a new poster to the site telling us its not MI5 or another 3 letter agency, who will now disappear after claiming its a real carer ad.:think:

If you do have to meet a man with a red carnation you must listen carefully to what he says
"They say there is snow on the roofs of St Petersburg."
To which the correct reply is
"But the Streets of Moscow are suspiciously clear......"

Red Fox signing off