50 candidates for ‘best job in the world’

 The world will soon know who will get the “best job in the world”. The position is for a caretaker to live on and look after a tropical island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Duties include relaxing on the island, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef, and writing a blog to promote the area. Other responsibilities are to feed the fish, clean the pool and collect the mail. The job website, islandreefjob.com, tells applicants: “There are over 1,500 species of fish living in the Great Barrier Reef. Don’t worry. You won’t need to feed them all.” The successful applicant will get a salary of nearly US$100,000 for the six months. Officials from Queensland’s tourism department announced on Tuesday that they were now looking at 50 candidates. Unsurprisingly, over 35,000 people applied for the job.

The next stage in the selection process is to get the list of candidates down to 11. The tourism board will select ten people. Visitors to the website will choose an eleventh person. The public can look at the video applications of all 50 hopeful caretakers. The eleven lucky finalists will then fly to Hamilton Island for a formal interview. The winner will be announced on May 6, and the job starts on July 1. The current shortlist of 50 includes people from 22 countries. They include dancers, chefs, scientists and students and they all want a slice of paradise. Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said there was much discussion to narrow down the list to 50. He told reporters, “it boiled down to…the motivation and professionalism of the applicants and their 'fit' with the job and Tourism Queensland”.

1. DREAM THIS OR THAT: Everyone has a dream this or a dream that. Write about your dream things in the table below. 

My dream…

Because


Job

 

 

House

 

 

Boss

 

 

Country to live in

 

 

Car

 

 

Holiday

 

 

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

1.

position

a.

post

2

look after

b.

reduce

3.

promote

c.

job

4.

mail

d.

choose

5.

applied

e.

publicize

6.

process

f.

match

7.

select

g.

care for

8.

current

h.

method

9.

narrow down

i.

went for

10.

fit

j.

present

DREAM JOBS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS 

d)

What three adjectives would you use to describe tropical islands?

e)

Do you think you’d be good at this job?

f)

What’s your dream job?

g)

What do you think the person will write about for six months?

h)

Do you think the salary is about right for this job?

i)

Why do you think the salary is so high for this job?

j)

What responsibilities have you had at work?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS

b)

Have you ever been through a selection process?

c)

Do you like going to job interviews?

d)

How would your life change if you got your dream job?

e)

Do you think people doing dream jobs, like actors, singers and sports stars, should be happier?

f)

Do you think there are any bad things about this job?

g)

Who would be better at doing this job, a dancer, chef, scientist or student?

h)

What kind of person would best fit this job?

i)

Who do you think has the best job in the world and why?

j)

What questions would you like to ask Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle?

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