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Simply Fired is Viral Brainchild of Simply Hired

simply_fired.jpgSimply Fired is a site seeking the best stories about bloggers who have been dooced, and others who've been fired in outrageous ways. It is the clever viral brainchild of Simply Hired, an employment agency.

Simply Fired's contest has prizes for the "funniest, saddest, most outrageous story about how you were fired or laid off."

One of the most interesting things about the site is the list of stellar judges, including Mark Jen, fired from Google for blogging; Phil "Pud" Kaplan; Forbes.com columnist Guy Kawasaki; journalist Jim Louderback; Business 2.0 writer and blogger Om Malik; Chris Pirillo; Eric Rice, founder of Audioblog.com; Steve Rubel; and Biz Stone, who has yet to be fired from Google's Blogger.com

Simply Hired's website says its goal "is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey."


BL Ochman | Aug 2 05 9:27 | TrackBack (0)

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One of the contestants has 8 entries - 8 different stories of getting fired. He/She either
- thought this is a fiction-writers' contest
- is too lazy to create several userid's
- or is really the worst employee of the world getting fired 8 times :-)

Posted by: Zoli Erdos at August 2, 2005 3:59 PM

i think you're referring to 'contestentries', which is the account our forum moderator uses to re-post entries on behalf of the contest submissions we receive via email.

however, there are a few folks who have posted at least 2 entries it seems ;)

Posted by: Dave McClure at August 3, 2005 12:45 AM

Yes i have the most outragious statment about being fired . I was fired while out on lay off !

Posted by: Mr. Edwin Schley at August 7, 2005 8:23 AM

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B.L. Ochman, Managing Director of Emerging Media for WPP-owned Proof Integrated Communications, has been helping Fortune 500 companies strategically incorporate new media into their marketing mix since 1996.

She contributes to Ad Age Digital Next, Mashable, Business Week and others. On Twitter, she is @whatsnext.

She is co-founder of the pet lovers' site and blog, Pawfun.com - where you can create and send free photo e-cards of your pets and create a variety of great products featuring your pet’s photo.

This is my personal blog, where I share my own thoughts and opinions, which do not represent the views of Proof or its clients.






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