Laid-off journalists have a home

For the unemployed journalist thrown out on his or her keester, Jim Gold, a former senior editor for the Arizona Republic, and his wife Sue have created Jilted Journalists.

It’s nothing much to look at design-wise, and the content is rather thin so far. But it has a cheeky tone, and at least endeavors to offer some helpful advice for those recently reacquainted with the ranks of the unemployed. A couple of highlights:

Interview tips (Don’t dress like a slob, prepare questions for the end of the interview, don’t reveal too much personal information. You know, common sense stuff.)

Speaking of which, Jilted Journalists has a section on Strangest interview questions (which I sincerely hope receives many contributions).

I can attest that at one fairly recent interview, I was asked a litany of personal and just plain weird questions: What music I listen to, what movies I like, what superpower I’d like to have.  I’d never encountered such interview questions before on matters so thoroughly immaterial to my ability to perform a job. Needless to say, I received the familiar “We had to make a very difficult decision” e-mail. Perhaps I should have chosen Ninja over Pirate. No joke — I was really asked this question by a firm with major retail clients.