Mystery listing, "The Carolinas"

When in doubt, be as vague as possible....

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=841040

Company: Newspaper
Position: Sports editor
Location: Carolinas, United States
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires: November 21, 2007
Job ID: 841040

Description:
Local coverage is our game and we like to win. If you have a strong work ethic and want to take on a sports editor's position loaded with potential and opportunity, contact us immediately. We are a small newspaper in a growing region. Send resume with work samples and references.

This employer only accepts online applications.

 

More often than not, this is code for "We want to fire/demote our sports editor without him/her getting wind of it." I would never work for a paper that employed this tactic.

 

I wonder if there is a mystery chain that also owns the paper with the opening in Northern Indiana...

 

Sadly this happens, all the time, in the business world.

I had it happen to me in a non-journalism position, and I'm sure it's happened to others.

Doesn't make it right, and if I were the guy who took over for this blindly-axed person, I'd feel as if I had some blood on my hands.

 

There are a number of papers that cover parts of both states. I would certainly hope that was the main reason for not even being specific with which state you would work in.

 

"loaded with potential and opportunity" is akin to a rag that is in dire need of a shot in the arm.

 

You're right Doc. I had a friend who was hired at a place with a ad similar to this, after he accepted the job, they got rid of the current SE they were looking to replace. It was his first job out of college, so he didn't know they wanted to can someone once he took it, but he's not with that company any longer because he thought it could happen to him someday. He got out in less than two years.

 

I thought Martinsville moved its office across the border.

 

How could anyone take a job knowing this happened to the person they replaced?
If it were me, I would be looking over my shoulder every 10 seconds.

 

Or at the very least, surreptitiously applying to each blind opening, just to make sure it wasn't me.

 

Somebody should apply just to see where this place is. I'd apply, but I'm afraid it would get back to my boss.

 

I thought about applying, hoping they would fly me out for an interview, just so I could see my mother, who lives near Greensboro and may be dying.

But from reading the posts, it sounds like I would be footing the bill for my own ride.