Croc shock
Chinese recruitment campaign asks graduates to kiss crocodileA Chinese company looking for graduates with the right stuff has turned to a weapon of last resort — crocodiles. To pass an interview involves getting down to kiss a probably less than impressed set of teeth with a tail.
Successful punters also got the added bonus of 1,000 yuan (about £100) for their trouble.
The position they were applying for? Something to do with exotic animals, right? Um, no. Sales executive. Although to be fair these sales execs would be working for a “crocodile processing plant”, so perhaps it makes sense.
What happens to the crocodiles after they are processed is left ominously unsaid, but we think they might not come out the other side as happy crocs.
Although it is possible they come out as a pair of stylish crocs.
According to Peng Peng, a senior researcher at CASS Institute of Philosophy in Guangzhou, using a crocodile as a recruitment stunt is a relatively common practice as a test of courage. It probably brings in the punters better than a drab newspaper ad, at least.
So next time a candidate speaks insultingly of your assessment process, you can just point here and smugly remind them that they’re lucky they aren’t having to snog a shark.
Although, that might be an idea to float at your next meeting. It’s on the house.
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