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Job hunting? This week's Top 7 intriguing offers.

A look at seven intriguing job offers.

By / October 15, 2009

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Every week, we search the job listings for the most unusual positions out there. This week's entries stretch from Menlo Park, Calif., to Washington, D.C. – and promise to stretch your capabilities. Smoke artistry, anyone?

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1. Guinea Pig Fosterer
Employer: Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue
Wages/salary: No salary, but you get free vet care, cage, and supplies for foster pigs.
Details: Provide good, loving homes to temporarily house guinea pigs until they are adopted.
Location: Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

2. Senior e-Commerce 'Rock Star'
Employer: Tickle Industries
Wages/salary: Not listed.
Details: Looking for an experienced Magento e-commerce developer. Fluent in PHP/MySQL: “Have written it while asleep on at least one occasion.”
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. (pop. 213,889, median family income $51,668) is the headquarters of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

3. Cookie Artist
Employer: Not listed.
Wages/salary: $8.50/hour
Details: Must have some experience decorating cookies, cakes, pastries and be able to pass a criminal background check.
Location: Omaha, Neb., (pop. 379,851, median family income $56,651) is home to the 3,000-foot long Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, which links Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Named after Nebraska’s former Democratic senator and governor, it is America’s longest pedestrian bridge linking two states.

4. Smoke Artist for TV/Film
Employer: Not listed
Wages/salary: $90-100,000
Details: Commercial experience and great client skills required.
Location: Austin, Texas, (pop. 725,306, median family income $62,272) makes it illegal to put graffiti on anyone’s cow but your own.

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