{"id":156509,"date":"2017-02-09T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=156509"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:20:39","slug":"the-worlds-best-job-is-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/156509\/the-worlds-best-job-is-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s &#8216;best job&#8217; is up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2 _10M0Ygc4\" data-reactid=\"215\">Mondel\u0113z International &#8211; the makers of Oreo, Toblerone and Chips Ahoy cookies &#8211; are officially looking to hire\u00a0a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>new<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mondelez.taleo.net\/careersection\/mdlz_global_external\/jobdetail.ftl?job=898948&amp;amp;utm_content=bufferf6d4c&amp;amp;utm_medium=social&amp;amp;utm_source=plus.google.com&amp;amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\" data-reactid=\"217\">chocolate taster.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0position has opened up at the Mondelez RSSL (Reading Scientific Services Limited) building located on the Whiteknights campus in Reading, England.<\/p>\n<p>Here the lucky appointee\u00a0will be placed in\u00a0consumer science discussion rooms and sensory booths alongside about 11 other panelists and a panel leader, to &#8220;give\u00a0honest and objective feedback&#8221; on the taste of chocolate.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Key responsibilities of the job include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Being able to taste chocolate and cocoa beverage products and give objective and honest feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Working within a team of panelists to share opinions and collaborate to reach an agreement on taste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Using a clearly defined vocabulary to describe products and aid in the discrimination between products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Being consistent in the results given.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowing the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the position; raise questions and concerns when faced with an ethical or compliance issue; apply integrity in all aspects of professional conduct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Chocolate tasters are key in helping Mondelez perfect and launch an entirely new product all over the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"staticcontentlinepanel\"><strong>\u00a0Qualifications needed:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A passion for confectionary and taste buds for detection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Honesty when it comes to giving an opinion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eager to try new inventive products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A\u00a0communicative personality to build great relationships with your panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A firm grasp of the English Language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remuneration was not discussed in the advertisement, although it was indicated that the position would allow you to join a &#8220;highly successful international business that offers financial rewards and resources, including bonus scheme, contributory pension, life assurance, generous holiday allowance and a flexible benefits programme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mondel\u0113z International have indicated that\u00a0they will close applications once they receive enough interest.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re keen on moving over to the UK and don&#8217;t mind the logistics of uprooting your life in South Africa to eat chocolate for a living &#8211; you can apply <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mondelez.taleo.net\/careersection\/mdlz_global_external\/jobdetail.ftl?job=898948&amp;amp;utm_content=bufferf6d4c&amp;amp;utm_medium=social&amp;amp;utm_source=plus.google.com&amp;amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2 \" data-reactid=\"241\">\n<div class=\"brightcove-wrapper\" data-reactid=\"242\">\n<div id=\"brightcove-player-5315995076001\" class=\"video-js vjs-mouse vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled vjs-workinghover bc-player-H16y53vkx_default vjs-dock vjs-ima3-not-playing-yet vjs-ima3-html5 vjs-plugins-ready vjs-contextmenu vjs-contextmenu-ui vjs-player-info vjs-errors vjs-ad-controls vjs-user-active not-hover\" data-reactid=\"244\" data-embed=\"default\" data-player=\"H16y53vkx\" data-account=\"2111767321001\" data-video-id=\"5315995076001\">\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/156407\/ubereats-reaches-new-areas-in-joburg-and-cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">UberEATS reaches new areas in Joburg and Cape Town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mondel\u0113z International &#8211; the makers of Oreo, Toblerone and Chips Ahoy cookies &#8211; are officially looking for a chocolate taster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":156515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[25,11631],"class_list":["post-156509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-mondelez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156509"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156529,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156509\/revisions\/156529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}