‘Interested In A Job At The White House?’ Desperate Staff Recruits At Job Fair

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As staffers stream out of the White House like water through a sieve, the small contingent remaining is getting desperate.

According to a Wednesday Politico report, flyers are circulating emblazoned with “interested in a job at the White House?” encouraging conservatives to apply at a Friday job fair on Capitol Hill.

It advertises the presence of Trump administration officials eager to meet with interested parties “of every experience level.”

Along with the White House, the flyer lists openings in agencies like NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services.

Per Politico, the fair is being hosted by the Conservative Partnership Institute.

An unnamed Obama administration official told Politico that resorting to a job fair is an unusual measure for an administration to take, as White House jobs are usually highly sought after. The official added that West Wing jobs are rarely even listed on the official job site for the federal government, and that the Obama administration only recruited to increase the diversity of White House staff.

The Trump administration is unique given its extremely high rate of turnover, which has left wide swaths of important positions unfilled.

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  1. As staffers stream out of the White House like water through a sieve

    What’s the sieve in this metaphor?

  2. “Looking for two forward-looking conservatives to tape back together the President’s ripped up documents. Pay commensurate on experience, up to $9/hour!!”

  3. The sieve is Trump’s hairnet, which he surely sleeps in. Or, should we say, naps in. Much of his behavior has been attributed to sleep deprivation.

    Only Melania knows for sure. And let’s hope she’s stealing a few photos for her post-divorce book, which she’ll need to come out with due to the iron-clad prenup they must have. But wait, Cohen probably wrote the prenup…

  4. This is sure to herald another wave of “only the best people” working for our nation’s federal government and its chief executive!

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