Are You In The Best Job In the World? Many Think Otherwise

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Thursday, May 14, 2009, 16:15

The much talked about 'The Best Job in The World' competition finally came to an end on May 6, Wednesday, with Ben Southall outwitting 15 other finalist and winning the competition. Ben who had been a charity fund raiser from Petersfield (Hampshire) will now live his life, king-size – doing what he does the best - Adventures. And all he gets out of it is a little bit of money and a life he had always wanted to live. Did some body said, 'Little money'? Well, 150,000 pounds, if that interests you.

No, it doesn't end here. According to the game, the winner will have a six months contract with the organizers, Tourism of Queensland, when Ben has to work as the care taker of the tropical island. Along with it, he has to promote the island, which is off the coast of Queensland, a part of the great barrier reef. How? Well, he will be out, in most times, fishing, hiking, sailing and snorkeling – everything that will give him the chance to explore the island. He would also be needed to post write-ups, videos, and photographs in the internet. His six-month-stay stay will be in a three-bed room house, which has been equipped with a private plunge pool and provides an endless view of the ocean.

Okay, this is all about the show. Now think: Did it interest you? Do you think it's the kind of job that you would call 'The Best Job in The World'? The answers I got were mixed, and some too nice to be true. Come lets peek into the mind of the 'great ones' who dream to have 'The best job in the world' some time in life.

Prinyanka, soon-to-be lawyer, doesn't think much when asked to opine on the same. She says: "I want to get paid for all the shopping I do and all the dresses I buy, but I should also be allowed to keep the same." Didn't I say? Some were just too nice to be true. Recession truly seemed to worry a lot with their future. When the dark cloud of recession still looms all over the world, people tend to think like Babz, who is a 24-year-old engineering student from Bangalore. He says, "I just wish to be working for a company that looks for no degrees or certificates.

I should rather be paid for the number of ice creams I have." For Priyanka Saligram, who works for the Kuwait Times, recession was the first thing she spoke about. "At the time of recession, when the whole world is under the clutches of global meltdown, I think, to have any job in the first place will the best job in the world". She, however, concludes on the more serious note. "According to me, the best job in the world would be to be a chocolate taster or to work with C.K. in the perfume industry and experiment on the best smelling thing," said the journalist from Kuwait Times. Well, Priyanka, your experimentation with C.K., for sure, will take you to places.

But there were others who preferred a different route altogether. Deepa, a student pursing her bachelor degree from one of the colleges in India said: "I have got quite a few option open. I love reading books, but I'm also interested in graphic design and photography." But there were others – ambitious and determined. Deepashree, an HR from one of the companies in Bangalore retorts: "Best Job in the world, according to me, would be when I get to work as the C.E.O. of a CMM level 5 company."

Well, Deepashree may soon make her dream a reality, but what we, the people of this world, can hope is for a better future, at least at this point in time. Life must indeed be too sulky for those fighting for a single good job, as Priyanka rightly said, 'With the clouds of recession that still looms all over the world, getting a job in itself will be the 'Best Job In the World'. Not to mention about job sackings and salary cuts which just make the water more murkier.