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Friday, July 17, 2009

Department of the Treasury Seeking Comedians

They already have a Treasury Secretary who couldn't figure out TurboTax, how much funnier to they want to be?

However, here's an actual job posting from the Treasury Department:
This is a sources sought notice and not a request for quotations. The purpose of this announcement is to seek qualified contractors with the capability to provide presentations for The Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Management Meeting with experience in meeting the objectives as described herein.

The Contractor shall conduct two, 3-hour, Humor in the Workplace programs that will discuss the power of humor in the workplace, the close relationship between humor and stress, and why humor is one of the most important ways that we communicate in business and office life. Participants shall experience demonstrations of cartoons being created on the spot. The contractor shall have the ability to create cartoons on the spot about BPD jobs. The presenter shall refrain from using any foul language during the presentation. This is a business environment and we need the presenter to address a business audience.
Upon completion of the course, participants shall be able to:

• Understand the importance and power of humor in the workplace in a responsible manner
• How to use talents in a creative way that adds humor to everyday experiences
• Alleviate stress in home and the office
• Know how and why humor is important to communication
• Improve work-place relationships
• Prevent burn-out
Hey, sign me up! I could do 3 hours on humor in the workplace, though my cartoon drawing skills are lacking. All I would have to do is talk about Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy, Al Franken, Al Sharpton, Barney Frank...Geez, the list goes on and on. I'd have a hard time getting all that humor in under 3 hours.

UPDATE: The program has been killed after being ridiculed on multiple sites.

1 comment:

Ann's New Friend said...

Crying can be very effective too. It's an outlet for emotion. It seems to me that it could be a very effective form of expression for federal employees who are dealing with historic, burgeoning deficits at the same time that the nation experiences increasing unemployment.

Perhaps they could hire a crying counselor -- or a crying coordinator. Perhaps a portion of the work day could be set aside as "crying time."