As I mentioned last week, our beloved Kelly will no longer be spending her weekends with us here at Evil Beet. Kelly is irreplaceable, but we’ve got a weekend slot to fill. The position for right now is every-other-weekend, but, as you’ve seen if you’ve stuck around here awhile, talented, hard-working writers tend to get promotion opportunities and extra shifts, so if you’re flexible with your potential time commitment, that’s a plus (but not a requirement).
This is a PAID position. Here are the requirements:
– Weekend availability (this means you give up your weekends — think long and hard about whether you’re willing to do this before you apply)
– Comprehensive knowledge of and love for celebrity gossip
– Strong, well-developed, unique writing voice
– Impeccable spelling and grammar
– Computer know-how (you don’t have to be a genius, but you need to know your way around a computer and be able to use some basic image editing software)
– You must be at least 18 years old
– You must either have a mailing address in the U.S. or able to accept payment via PayPal
If you’ve applied in the past, please feel free to apply again.
Your application should include:
1) A cover letter
2) Your age and location (city and state)
3) Your current occupation (if this is “student” or “unemployed” or “mom” or “I sell weed but only when I need the extra cash to buy crack,” that’s awesome too, I just want to know).
4) Writing samples. Preference will be given to folks who have a blog they update regularly. (It does not have to be a blog about celebrity gossip.) If you don’t have a blog, or if you’d like to supplement your blog with additional pieces, please include writing samples, published or not. But the best thing you can do for this is attach a link to your awesome blog that you write on all the time.
Applications should be sent to spasulka@gmail.com with the subject line “EB Weekend Editor Application.” If you send your application with the subject line “Hey Beet!” or “My Awesome Application” or “Try v1aggra” or (shudder) “PRESS RELEASE,” it will not be considered.
The deadline to apply is 5pm PST on Friday, April 2.
Harsh words aside, I always love reading the applications I get from you guys. You prove every time how immensely talented and hilarious you are, and this process always makes me proud to have you as readers and e-friends.
xoxo
Beet
hmm…is this “- Impeccable spelling and grammar” reaaally a requirement? if so, i hate to say it, but maybe some current writers aren’t all that qualified….just sayin’
The impeccable spelling requirement screws me every time! Damn.
Thank god for spell check. But still, I get the importance when there are so many grammar Nazi’s in the “blog commenting” world.
I used to read here all the time, and I hope to all holy that someone good applies, but to EB’s recent – “here’s why I don’t post or care anymore” comment…Really? Get over yourself.
really? because everyone’s been asking why for a while. it’s her blog, she gave us a reason, so maybe YOU get over YOURSELF.
but yeah impeccable spelling and grammar? you’d better be hiring three new writers, not one. yes, typos exist, but so does proofreading.
I think the writers here do a pretty good job, actually.
Wait, wut? I didn’t see that “why I don’t post or care” comment… link please?
So The Beet doesn’t care anymore and doesn’t think she owes her loyal reader base any kind of explanation. Great. Perhaps her loyal reader base should rethink that loyalty. Based on her choices in writers, the fact that she doesn’t give a flying fart in space whether anyone reads her virtual rag anymore and obviously couldn’t care less about the readers that made her various blog sites what they are – why bother with her anymore? Seriously. Would she be where she is RIGHT NOW if nobody ever read her blog to begin with? Nope. So she needs to move on. Good for her. Does she owe her reader base anything? I guess not. And her readers should not feel obligated to continue reading either. It’s been a great run for The Beet. Perhaps it’s time for EVERYONE to move on…
Oh my God, shut up. It’s a blog.
Blog it may be, but it’s a blog that has supported The Beet and her writers and is driven by readership and sponsorship. It’s not like some little hobby thing, you twit, it’s a fucking business that is attached to a large corporation. Get a clue – loss of readership is an issue that affects bloggers who are in it for the money and The Beet is, of course, well aware of this.
as for “OMG, shut up…” Toosis, didn’t you drive your car off of a cliff when Dana Carvey was still on the cast of SNL?
I love you. I completely agree with everything you said and I’m moving on too. Finally.
ugh, thank god. i think you were the one chasing people away with your self-righteous bullshit. i, for one, will not be leaving this blog (way too many good reads that AREN’T stupid like perez hilton’s) but will be thrilled to know you won’t be coming back. please keep your promise.
If you read her personal blog she addresses these exact issues. Its called career advancement.
And although she is highly over qualified on all your specifices of job duties and rules., and would pay you to work for evil beet as she has tons of money but is still searching for it, and knows a lot of celebrities and gives her rare insights with no bars held, it’s her gift to forsee and view after fainting into a short nap and hallucinating, I vote for Courtney love.. One blog would take days to decipher and comment on.. Too little bandwidth to handle volume.. might be a problem.
“- Impeccable spelling and grammar”
Is this a new requirement?
Have you seen many grammar or spelling mistakes? Really?
Have you read Molls’ posts? They are riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.
I’m not trashing the things that Molls writes. I’m not saying she’s not funny. I’m trashing the way she writes.
I think if you’re being paid to write something you have a responsibility to your audience. It’s just rude to spell things wrong all the time. Mistakes and typos here and there are totally understandable. But this is a chronic situation. It’s insulting.
I completely agree with you about Molls. I laughed when I read the grammar and spelling requirement! I really hope Molls isn’t a full-time writer, because then she would be in trouble. There are a lot of good writing classes out there she could take though…
Ha Ha! This is the funniest post Evil Beet has done in months.