Debunked: National Weather Service needs writers - on Craigslist

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Hi, while having a [...] conversation with some Chemtrail-beleivers one of them posted this from Craigslist. Of course he made this screenshot and the add was removed just seconds after ;). Any informations about this?
 

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is it me or is the comment about the pay a little odd (I admit to not knowing much about US HR pay policies)

but it suggest "Pay is commensurate with experienced and is based solely on performance"

if pay is based solely on performance, why does experience matter
 
is it me or is the comment about the pay a little odd (I admit to not knowing much about US HR pay policies)

but it suggest "Pay is commensurate with experienced and is based solely on performance"

if pay is based solely on performance, why does experience matter

And also they pay you based on how much you convince, not how much you write. But there's no actual way of measuring the former if all you are doing is planting seeds of doubt.

Seems like a hoax.
 
Hi, while having a [...] conversation with some Chemtrail-beleivers one of them posted this from Craigslist. Of course he made this screenshot and the add was removed just seconds after ;). Any informations about this?

Im 98% convinced its BS.. especially given the fact that the NWS has its own career page:

http://www.weather.gov/careers

that there are only 7 postings for jobs available atm when you click on Available Jobs you get redirected to an official job site www.usajobs.com:


Meteorological Technician (Port Meteorological Officer)
...Officer (PMO) representing the National Weather Service ( NWS) with responsibility for...This position is located in the National Weather Service of the National Ocean and Atmospheric...This position is located at a National Weather Service Office in Long Beach, CA (Los...

Salary: $59,372.00 - $77,180.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-1341-10/10
Location(s): Long Beach, California
Open Period: 9/10/2015 to 9/23/2015
Announcement Number: PH-15-LM-1449030
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates


Save Job | More Like ThisMeteorological Technician
Science, Service, and Stewardship;This position is with the NOAA National Weather Service, Weather Service Office (WSO) in Pago Pago, American Samoa . The selectee will perform technical work for the WSO related to weather...

Salary: $31,944.00 - $51,437.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-1341-05/07
Location(s): Pago Pago, American Samoa
Open Period: 9/17/2015 to 9/30/2015
Announcement Number: PH-15-JM-1500168
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates


Save Job | More Like ThisDeputy Director, National Water Center
...a Senior Executive Service (SES) position in the National Weather Service ( NWS). The NWC collaboratively researches, develops and...and water management decisions. In partnership with NWS field offices, the NWC coordinates, integrates and...

Salary: $121,956.00 - $183,300.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: ES-1301-00/00
Location(s): Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Open Period: 9/14/2015 to 10/27/2015
Announcement Number: NWS-2015-0037
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: Applications will be accepted from ALL U.S. Citizens.


Save Job | More Like ThisMeteorological Technician GS-1341-5/6/7/8/9/10 (DE/CR)
...approved to be filled. These positions will be located with the National Weather Service, Alaska Region, Weather Service Office. This is an open...positions are also being advertised under announcement number NWS-AR-2015-0010, which is open to status candidates. You must...

Salary: $34,545.00 - $74,936.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-1341-05/10
Location(s):
Multiple Locations (12)
Open Period: 11/24/2014 to 11/23/2015
Announcement Number: NWS-AR-2015-0009
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Competitive: Career/Career-Conditional - Permanent-Full Time
Who May Apply: All qualified United States citizens or Nationals.


Save Job | More Like ThisHydrologist
Science, Service, and Stewardship;The National Weather Service is a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...of Commerce . Our headquarters office for the National Weather Service ( NWS) is located in Silver Spring, MD with regional...

Salary: $39,570.00 - $96,459.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-1315-07/12
Location(s):
Multiple Locations (5)
Open Period: 9/18/2015 to 10/2/2015
Announcement Number: PH-15-JL-1506734 DE/MP
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates


Save Job | More Like ThisElectronics Engineer
...Service, and Stewardship;This position is located in the National Weather Service, Office of Central Processing of the National Ocean and...of scientific applications and infrastructure to meet the NWS mission. Specific activities include, oversight of operational...

Salary: $90,833.00 - $139,523.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-0855-13/14
Location(s): Silver Spring, Maryland
Open Period: 9/8/2015 to 9/25/2015
Announcement Number: PH-PA-15-1405217
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates


Save Job | More Like ThisIT Specialist
This position is located in the N ational Centers for Environmental Prediction/NCEP Central Operations/ Production Management Branch. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens and Nationals, and merit promotion candidates. You are eligible under merit promotion

Salary: $39,175.00 - $60,827.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: GS-2210-05/07
Location(s): Silver Spring, Maryland
Open Period: 9/16/2015 to 9/30/2015
Announcement Number: PH-15-CF-1508311
Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Position Info: Full Time - Permanent
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates
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Just about every US Govt Job you can think of that hires directly, goes through this website, and not someplace random and easy to fake like Craigslist or kajiji. I could go to craigslist right now, create a fake account with a bs email and make an official looking US Govt job posting for Assistant Presidential Fluffer, complete with the POTUS seal. No credible Govt agency is going to use something like Craigslist to post jobs.. theyd be better off (and would get more response) by posting in the local want ads.
 
I am certain this is fake, and I believe it originated from the same group as the International Chemtrail Association etc.
 
Honestly, I think "hoax," while true, is probably being too kind.

It looks like an attempt to create "evidence" for the empty attacks chemtrailers routinely make
about "paid shills." They've accused Mick and others 10,000 times, and never with even a hint of proof...
this sham looks like an amateurish attempt to create "evidence" that can be pointed to,
since they've always come up dry before.

Wow! Did I just accuse someone of trying to plant a false flag? :p
 
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I'm marking this as debunked, due to the inconsistencies in the post, and the lack of evidence that it's real. While the Craigslist post probably existed, anyone can post such a thing, hence it's not evidence of anything.

If it is the ICA folk, I think that it's hugely counterproductive for them to create such hoaxes. Even if they later admit what they did, the fake image is still out there, and people will fall for it. Remember the TMA nonsense from a while ago, even though that was immediately called out as a fake, and then later admitted as a fake, with coded messages in the fake emails explaining it's a fake, there are still people who present it as real, and think that TMA is being added to jet fuel.
 
Hi, while having a [...] conversation with some Chemtrail-beleivers one of them posted this from Craigslist. Of course he made this screenshot and the add was removed just seconds after ;). Any informations about this?
It's been floating around for a few months. Even the posters in CGI say it is a hoax but you will always find someone gullible.
 
Anyone, can make anything, sound plausible and convincing.
It only takes the gullible to believe it
 
I don't think that reads like something the ICA would do, I'm with NoParty - it looks like an amateurish attempt to add weight to the chemtrail groupthink attitude that anyone who speaks against them must be a shill.

For one, it's needlessly explicit (all the stuff about sowing "seeds of doubt" and "it benefits us to keep opposition groups divided") - it's like a shady double-glazing company putting "We like to target lonely pensioners and dementia sufferers" in their sales job ad.

Also, why would they want writers to do the actual interaction with the supposed targets? And writers with a solid knowledge of weather manipulation no less. It's clearly a PR/marketing role :D

Ray Von
 
Remember the TMA nonsense from a while ago, even though that was immediately called out as a fake, and then later admitted as a fake, with coded messages in the fake emails explaining it's a fake, there are still people who present it as real, and think that TMA is being added to jet fuel.

Its called the "continued influence effect"
Once you believe something, even when you've been told that this "something" was wrong, you may continue to believe in it for a while and ignore the corrections, esp. if the issue is emotionally charged. This is known as the continued influence effect.

In a recently published study, people were first presented with a fake bit of news about a warehouse fire believed to have been caused by improperly stored materials. They were quizzed on their retention of the facts. Then they were shown an explicit retraction and correction. Then after a little while, quizzed again. Only 50% remembered the retraction and correction.http://amlmskeptic.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/cognitive-bias-continued-influence.html
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I am certain this is fake, and I believe it originated from the same group as the International Chemtrail Association etc.
Im still certain it's fake, but it's actually not the one I was thinking of. I agree that it looks like a clumsy attempt by a believer to create "evidence". And the fact that the screenshot was taken so soon after it was posted suggests it was probably taken by the person who posted it.
 
In the UK even MI5 and MI6 advertises jobs on buses and trains...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1551556/MI5-places-job-adverts-on-buses-and-Tube.html
MI5 is to advertise on the London Underground and on buses for intelligence officers and support staff.

The security service aims to recruit more than 500 additional staff over the next year as part of a huge expansion to cope with the terrorist threat.

It wants to fill a range of jobs from caterers to drivers, linguists, surveillance officers and technology experts.
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MI6, the secret intelligence service, is also seeking to recruit more women and has launched a campaign to emphasise the ''family friendly'' atmosphere of its work.

The number of women working for both MI5 and MI6 has fallen significantly in recent years - with the image projected by the TV series Spooks thought to be one of the causes.

Recruiters believe the programme may have encouraged a perception that working for MI5 is dangerous.

Women are thought to be more adept at watching Islamist targets because they are less likely to be noticed by radicals.
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But they are subtle(ish)
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But they are never job specific and to actually get the job takes over 6 months of interviews, exams and security checks.

Or you apply on line https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/upcoming-jobs.aspx
 
Yes, indeed whitebeard,

And the precursors to the modern day intelligence services, during World War 2, as part of the recruitment drive for the "code breakers" of Bletchley park, famously advertised, subtly, for a job by placing a tricky crossword in the Telegraph
 
Yes, indeed whitebeard,

And the precursors to the modern day intelligence services, during World War 2, as part of the recruitment drive for the "code breakers" of Bletchley park, famously advertised, subtly, for a job by placing a tricky crossword in the Telegraph

Yep.. but it didnt say "HEY WANNA BREAK NAZI CODES.. FINISH THIS CROSSWORD!!"
 
Lol maybe

But actually I think it might have contained that message - only hidden within the crossword

"Nod nod, wink wink" an all that
A wink's as good as a nod to a blind bat, knowwhadImean?

In all reality tho, the Crossword Puzzle thing was a competition put on by The Telegraph. People that completed the crosswords within a specified time (2 min I think) during the competition, were approached and interviewed about their skills etc, and if they passed that part, were invited to join BP. As far as I know there werent any hidden codes in the crosswords.

On the day Britain declared war on Germany, Denniston wrote to the Foreign Office about recruiting "men of the professor type".[10] Personal networking drove early recruitments, particularly of men from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Trustworthy women were similarly recruited for administrative and clerical jobs.[11] In one 1941 recruiting stratagem The Daily Telegraph was asked to organise a crossword competition, after which promising contestants were discreetly approached about "a particular type of work as a contribution to the war effort
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
 
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@Whitebeard , in the second one, is there a catch or an error?

"would you tell anyone about your application?" . Answers are No and No.

Purpose. When you look at the CIA application there's a warning, flat out.. that says do NOT let anyone know you're applying to become part of the CIA. I imagine that this is similar for the same reasons.. I think its asking do you have a PROBLEM not telling people. If no, then proceed, if you do, thanks for your time.
 
Yep.. but it didnt say "HEY WANNA BREAK NAZI CODES.. FINISH THIS CROSSWORD!!"

Close!
I got my Instructor position at Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis

(where CIA trains) by drawing "Winky" from this matchbook ad...


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Its called the "continued influence effect"
Once you believe something, even when you've been told that this "something" was wrong, you may continue to believe in it for a while and ignore the corrections, esp. if the issue is emotionally charged. This is known as the continued influence effect.

In a recently published study, people were first presented with a fake bit of news about a warehouse fire believed to have been caused by improperly stored materials. They were quizzed on their retention of the facts. Then they were shown an explicit retraction and correction. Then after a little while, quizzed again. Only 50% remembered the retraction and correction.http://amlmskeptic.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/cognitive-bias-continued-influence.html
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Yeah, there's that, but it's also a function of the fact that stuff posted on the internet never goes away. It just gets repeated as if true.
 
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