你在童年时可曾幻想过靠着吃糖致富？这个美梦如今有机会实现啦！加拿大糖果公司Candy Funhouse在求职网站公开招募全球独一无二的 “首席糖果官”。

A Canadian candy company is offering a very sweet gig.

加拿大一家糖果公司在提供一份“非常甜蜜的工作”。

Candy Funhouse， an online retailer of confectionery treats from chocolate bars to gummies and licorice， is hiring for a $78，000 a year， work-from-home job as its Chief Candy Officer.

作为一家销售巧克力棒、软糖和甘草糖等甜食的网络零售商，Candy Funhouse正在招聘“首席糖果官”，这份工作只需在家上班，年薪却高达7.8万美元（约合人民币53万元）。

Duties include： leading candy board meetings， being the head taste tester... and other things fun.

首席糖果官的工作内容包括：主持糖果董事会会议、担任首席品尝员……以及承担其他有趣的事务。

Several thousand candidates have already applied for the position， said Chief Executive Officer Jamal Hejazi. He noted that hes been surprised by the number of “golden ticket” themed applications and the elaborate videos of entire families offering to share the tasting duties and salary.

该公司的首席执行官贾马尔·赫哈齐表示，目前已有数千人提交了求职申请。赫哈齐表示，他对于以“金门票”为主题的申请数量之多以及全家总动员的自荐视频制作得如此用心而感到惊讶。

But Hejazi also sees the attraction. “Imagine your best memories around candy， and having that every day at work，” he said.

然而赫哈齐也从中看到了糖果对人们的吸引力。“想象一下你关于糖果最美好的记忆，每一天的工作都将与糖果相伴。”

Candy Funhouse， based outside of Toronto， is headed by a quartet of 20- and 30-something siblings who grew up in the area and whose parents owned donut shops and a local restaurant.

总部位于多伦多市郊的Candy Funhouse公司由兄弟姐妹四人共同经营，他们都是土生土长的本地人，年龄从20多岁至30多岁，他们父母曾开过甜甜圈连锁店和本地的一家餐馆。

“My brother Mo， a candyhead， founded it in 2018 and my mother was employee No. 2，” said Hejazi， adding that he and a younger sister and brother later joined the firm.

赫哈齐说：“我的哥哥莫是一个非常爱吃糖果的人，他在2018年创立了这家公司，我妈妈是公司的二号员工。”他补充道，他和弟弟妹妹后来也加入了公司。

The family hoped to differentiate their company from other highly successful online and brick-and-mortar competitors such as Mars， Hershey and Amazon with a “weird” mix of products， no minimum orders—“well sell one lollipop”—and a strong push on social media.

这个家庭企业希望走出一条与玛氏食品、好时公司、亚马逊等网店和实体店都做得很成功的竞争对手不同的营销道路。比如，推出“奇葩”产品组合、不设订单下限（打出“我们可以只卖一根棒棒糖”的口号），以及在社交媒体上开足马力进行宣传。

The company said the Chief Candy Officer position is open to applicants as young as five years old—although parental permission would likely be required. Many parents have filmed their child filling out the application and posted it online.

该公司表示，首席糖果官的职位同样对5岁小孩开放，不过需要得到孩子父母的许可。许多家长已经将孩子填写申请表的视频传到了网上。

Hejazi also noted that reports on social media claiming that the Chief Candy Officer will be required to eat 3，500 pieces of candy per month are incorrect. （That number represents the different varieties the company stocks.） “That would be 117 a day，” Hejazi said. “Thats too many.”

赫哈齐还指出，社交媒体上关于首席糖果官每个月要吃3 500颗糖果的传闻是不准确的。（3 500代表的是该公司库存糖果的种类数量。）赫哈齐说：“那意味着每天得吃117颗糖，这也太多了。”

Word Bank

confectionery /k?n'fek??n?ri/ adj. 甜食（糖果、巧克力等）

elaborate /?'l?b?r?t/ adj. 复杂的；详尽的；精心制作的

differentiate /'d?f?'ren?ie?t/ v. 區分；区别；辨别

I cant differentiate one variety from another.

incorrect /'?nk?'rekt/ adj. 不准确的；不正确的；不真实的

His version of what happened is incorrect.