A full time twitterer...?

Lets face it, ladies and gentlemen. We live in an internet world. In fact, with all the time and energy we put into computers and machines, we might very well be living in our own version of The Matrix. In a time when the world is experiencing a severe economic downturn that just seems to never end, some companies are taking advantage of the world's dependence on these machines and creating entirely new positions to compete.

Back in December of last year Pizza Hut announced that it was hiring an intern, wait- a "twintern" to keep up with Pizza Hut fans on twitter through the user name @PizzaHut. After extending the offer to a full time job when the twintern was more successful than the company imagined, the twintern was promoted to Tweetologist.

Tweetologist? Are you kidding?

Pizza Hut hired a full time worker to play on the internet all day. The position included more than just that, obviously... the person got to attend various advertising shoots, meetings and various corporate events, but really... at the end of the day, weren't they just a glorified status updater?

Apparently not. MTV has become the latest company to join in on the twittern craze. Calling it a "natural evolution" of its programming, MTV is using social media to hire its next employee. In fact, its more than that. The employee will have the glorified title of TJ- Twitter Jockey- a play on MTV's now famous job titles. The job requires a very large social media presence- we're talking Facebook, MySpace, Blogs, Twitter, etc...- and even includes some screen time. MTV is finishing up its contest at the end of this week, so all you potential TJs out there- nominate yourself or a friend HERE