"Faber bashing" hardly pejorative etc
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Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 00:43:25 PDT
From: Martin Spinelli <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: jobs
>From the "Shorts" section of Thursday's Financial Times
(London) A report issued yesterday by Europe's leading poetry firms
promises a rise in entry-level and middle management positions.
The report, titled "Versing 2000," predicts a 18 percent growth in
the field before the millennium.
In the report's introduction, Madallene Drucille of the Belgium-
based Poeticom, says "We are looking for talented and ambitious
young writers with a professional interest in poetry."
Today's poets need not feel hamstrung by literary history, says
Drucille. "In fact, too much of a familiarity with old forms
can be a real liability for perspective employees. We need
writers not afraid to take chances, and we look for that in
writing samples," she later offered in a phone conversation with
the FT.
But aspiring young Plaths and Eliots should not be without respect,
she hastened to add. "What we are not looking for though is people
with ego problems. Good employees always remember both that
the client's needs come first and that they are part of a major
organization with an international reputation," she cautioned.
Eike Kahlheit of Bonn's Uberreden concurs in his contribution
to the report. Kahlheit says Uberreden requires some firm
guiding hands. "The real need is for supportive but stern
manager-editors, people with experience focusing the energy
of those on the shop floor." Later he states that "Distraction
is real problem for our new employees. So much so that we
have taken to restricting Internet access on most of our PCs
to business related sites only."
Drucille adds, "It's a tough balancing act between nurturing
the creative process and seeing that the work gets done.
Experience in retail management is a major plus." Poeticom has
today announced that it wil soonl begin a job search for two
mangers to oversee stables of twenty each.
Share prices on all listed poetry firms are expected to increase
steadily in the wake of the report until the summer slow-down.
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