Fish Where The Fish Are: Surprising Help Wanted Ads

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

Apostrophe Podcast Network

Cbc, Terry O'reilly, Advertising, Marketing, Under The Influence, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Business

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week, we take a look at the most creative “help wanted” ads in the world. We’ll talk about how IKEA recruited new workers without needing to buy an ad. How VW found new mechanics by posting ads in the most unusual place. And the amazing ways the intelligence community recruits spies and code breakers.

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0:32.2	but wait, there's more.
0:37.7	This is an apostrophe, podcast production.
0:45.7	You're so king in it.
0:50.7	Your feet look lighter than no no no
0:57.8	soon
0:58.5	you're not you
1:03.2	when you're hungry
1:06.1	you're a good hand
1:10.4	with all feet.
1:15.6	You're under the influence withlands of England in 1950.
1:39.8	His father raised chickens and sold the eggs for income.
1:43.6	His mother was a nanny.
1:45.7	The farmhouse had no electricity and no modern plumbing at all.
1:51.0	Bernard wasn't a diligent student, left school at the age of 15,
1:54.9	and found a job as an apprentice at a local newspaper.
1:59.3	While school assignments bored him, he did have a flair for writing.
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