又一世界最好工作出爐：奢侈品體驗員

英國奢侈品購物網站VeryFirstTo近期發佈招聘信息，面向全球尋找一位奢侈品體驗員。該職位的工作職責爲，試駕頂級豪車、入住五星級酒店、品嚐各式美味佳餚、試戴名牌珠寶手錶等等，然後將體驗心得反饋給VeryFirstTo網站。該網站發言人表示，適合該職位的應聘者應該有很強的適應能力，眼光敏銳、口才好，熟悉時尚、美食以及奢侈品市場，能夠聽出賓利車和雷克薩斯車引擎發動聲音的不同，還能立馬分辨出羊絨和駝毛。同時他還表示，該職位的薪水還沒有確定，公司會根據應聘者提出的薪資要求來決定每週的工作天數。招聘廣告發出後，該網站已經收到了1000份應聘申請，應聘者中不乏奢侈品雜誌編輯、廣告公司總裁、選美冠軍，甚至英國皇家海軍陸戰隊員。該網站是一家會員制奢侈品購物網站，Alexander McQueen、蘋果、賓利、卡迪爾、Jimmy Choo等國際大牌均在該網站發佈新品。

Fed up of your desk-bound 9-5 job? Wish you spent your days being pampered instead? Dream of being paid to travel across the globe living the life of luxury?

Your dream could well become a reality because one luxury website has posted a job application for a lucky individual to test the luxury life, which will involve sampling the finest products and experiences that the world is launching.

According to website VeryFirstTo, which is offering the position, the Living Luxury Executive will dine at the best new restaurants, lounge in the finest hotels, dress in stunning jewels, road test the most extravagant cars, face test the most indulgent cosmetics, and play with the most sophisticated tech products.

The Living Luxury Executive will be responsible for evaluating each experience and reporting back to VeryFirstTo, a members-only luxury gift website that sells the world's finest products and dubs itself 'the first website for individuals to learn about, and have, newly launching luxury products and experiences.'

Newly launching brands that appear on VeryFirstTo and are candidates for testing include: Alexander McQueen, Apple, Bentley, Cartier, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, fine Japanese eatery Nobu and the renowned Shangri-La hotel.

Speaking about the ideal candidate, the recruiter said: 'The ideal candidate would be an early adopter, discerning, eloquent, familiar with fashion, hospitality, cuisine and technology, and have experience of the luxury market.'

Candidates must be able to 'distinguish between the roar of a Bentley and a Lexus engine, and the touch of cashmere and vicuña', according to the job spec.

A spokesman for the website told the Guardian: 'We will definitely be appointing someone. It is not a stunt. As for the salary, it is negotiable and we have not set it. There will be an ongoing contract and, depending upon the salary asked for, it can be anything from four days a week to less.'

But if you're thinking of applying via the website before Friday's deadline, competition is fierce.

Despite the position never being actually advertised (information was emailed to the site's members and posted on its site), word spread across the globe and within days 1,000 applications have been received.

Individuals have applied from a whole array of backgrounds and include a titled Lady, butler, Royal Marines Commando, Chairman of large European advertising agency, luxury magazine editor, beauty queen, senior politician and an Earl.

Besides a multitude of approaches from UK residents, VeryFirstTo has been overwhelmed by applicants around the world with many offering to relocate and others stating they would even do the job for free.

And it seems that candidates are confident in their abilities with sentiments expressed alongside applications including: 'I live in a large country estate and have an offshore trust, importing prime USDA beef from America and unpasteurised beer from Germany. I've owned and flown private jets and helicopters and stayed in top hotels.

Speaking about the much coveted role, a spokesman for the site said: 'I think It is abundantly clear that living the luxury life, especially when paid to do so, is irresistible to many from every spectrum of background and nationality.

'Luxury might only be accessible to the privileged few, but it seduces so many. Who knows, we might be able to provide someone with a very unexpected uber luxury lifestyle.'