Win a job with ASUS' bizarre competition

Dan Warne
28 August 2009, 12:09 PM


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What's better than winning a free motherboard in a recession? Winning a job with a motherboard maker! At least, that seems to be ASUS' thinking.


ASUS has placed advertisements on The Sydney Morning Herald for entrants to this "competition":



But it's the weird terms and conditions that make this job ad bizarre... (see next page)

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TV Bis (New user):

I think they need to re-employ another graphics designer who is better with the English language too.

28 August 2009, 1:31 PM (2 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

The Big Baboo (User):

Damn I missed the deadline for that comp.I reckon with my credentials (e.g.retired,plenty of time,don't drink smoke or fart much) I could sell hay to a dead horse,so I reckon I could have fit right in there :)

28 August 2009, 4:21 PM (2 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (Regular user):

All seems to be a standard attention grabber job ad to me. Like that one for a programmer written as a program.

The clause where they get to use your resume in future marketing is weird though. Probably just a leftover from standard competition terms though, and left in so no one can sue them.

28 August 2009, 10:39 PM (2 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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