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Job offers $30 an hour for eating and testing candy
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There is a good way to get some extra cash for people with a sweet tooth. A candy company wants people to test its original sweets. It will pay $30 an hour. The Candy Funhouse requires "candyologists" to give feedback on its candy and chocolates. It has a huge range of 3,000 products but is always making new sweets. The candyologists will decide on new candies for the company's branded sweets. It hopes to improve its global reputation.
The successful applicants must have some basic qualifications. They must be enthusiastic, they must give honest opinions on the products they test, and they will also have to write a short description for each product they test. The company said the candyologists must be "passionate about confectionery," be fluent in English and have basic writing skills. They must not have any food allergies.
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Candy - Level 5
There is a good way to earn some extra cash for people with a sweet tooth. A candy company is looking for people to taste and review its original sweets for $30 an hour. The Candy Funhouse requires "candyologists" to test and provide feedback on its candy and chocolates. The company has a huge range of 3,000 products but is always creating new sweets. The candyologists will decide on 10 new candies. These will be part of a new line of Candy Funhouse-branded sweets. It hopes to establish a global reputation as a quality sweet maker.
The successful applicants must show some basic requirements and qualifications. They must be enthusiastic to try confectionery products. They must give honest and objective opinions on the products they test. They will also have to write a short, two-sentence description for each product. The company said the candyologists must be "passionate about confectionery," not have any food allergies, be fluent in English and have basic writing skills. It added that they will "taste samples objectively" and "consider aspects of taste, texture and quality".
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Candy - Level 6
The sweetest way to earn some extra cash is on offer for those with a sweet tooth. A candy company in Canada is searching for people to taste and review its original creations for the sweet sum of $30 an hour. The company is called Candy Funhouse and it requires "candyologists" to test and provide feedback on its candy and chocolate products. The company currently has a huge range of 3,000 products but is always creating new sweets. The candyologists will be responsible for deciding on 10 new candies that will be part of a new line of Candy Funhouse-branded sweets. Candy Funhouse hopes to establish a global reputation as a quality confectioner.
The successful applicants will need a number of basic requirements and qualifications. The company states on its website: "Candidates should have enthusiasm and eagerness to try confectionery products. We are looking for honest and objective opinions on the products that will be taste tested." They will have to write a brief, two-sentence description for each product tested. Budding candyologists must be "passionate about confectionery," not have any food allergies, be fluent in English and have basic writing skills. They must also be U.S. or Canadian citizens and be willing to work in Ontario. The candyologists will "taste samples objectively" and "consider aspects of taste, texture and quality".
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