Cinderella Edition: If The Shoe Fits, You're Hired!

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 8 September 2018)


           Oh, to work for such a prince!

A new way to write a 'made-to-order' job announcement has appeared
at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ).  In a job
announcement put out by ÇOMÜ personnel office, it was stated that
30 people would be hired and 3 of these would be taken onto the
bureau staff.  However, in order to qualify as a 'bureau staff member'
the applicant would have to "be a high school graduate, have worked
for at least 9 years in a post-high school organization and have
worked for at least two years in a rector's secretariat." (!)


                The successful candidate...

MHP party Çanakkale chief  Hakan Pınar, reacting to the 'tailor-
made' job announcement, said: "Hey, Mr. Rector, you're playing the
game well.  Why don't you specify the shoe size of the applicant?
You've put out a 'made-to-order' job announcement but clearly you're
doing the bidding of others.  You're here today, gone tomorrow. 
What a shame for our Çanakkale youth.  I can't hold my tongue on
this one."

The rector explains his strategy...

İyi Party Çanakkale parliamentarian Rıdvan Uz noted that "ÇOMÜ
continues to disregard rights and show preference to its favorites."
In a 2012 job announcement for bureau personnel ÇOMU
included a condition that "candidates must have a document showing
that they are a guide at the Gallipoli National Park." (!)