From ghosted to hired, this job requires you to have a messy love life. Your resume must have Breakup Trauma and Situationship Scars as experiences to qualify for the role of a Chief ‘Dating’ Officer (CDO). Don’t believe us? This company actually laid out a job opening for the role asking the candidates to have experience of at least 1 breakup, 2 situationships, and 3 dates. Here’s the tea.
A recent job posting has gone viral, and the experience required for the role has left the internet spellbound. Gone are the days when mattress companies would hire people to test their products as they sleep on them. Now, you should have slept with someone to qualify for certain roles. Jokes apart, in a recent incident, a company in India’s Bengaluru posted a bizarre job opening for a Chief Dating Officer as they’re looking for some “self-proclaimed dating experts” to take up the role. To be eligible, you should “know everything about the dating world including all the new dating terms”. It was posted on ‘X’ (former Twitter) and has caught everyone’s attention on social media since.
Hiring Alert!
We are looking for a Chief Dating Officer.
Are you the go-to friend for dating advice? We’re hiring someone who lives and breathes dating culture.
The self-proclaimed matchmaker who can decode “ghosting,” “breadcrumbing,” and every new dating buzzword in the… pic.twitter.com/yqyJJiCVJy
— Nimisha Chanda (@NimishaChanda) January 29, 2025
The firm named Topmate wants someone who is well-versed in the art of love, heartbreak, and the OG online dating culture. Decoding terms like ‘ghosting’ and ‘breadcrumbing’ should be a cakewalk for you. In fact, you should be “daring enough” to create new dating buzzwords as an element of creativity in your job. Clearly, it is a job vacancy for Gen Z because millennials are gonna feel too old when asked to have experienced “at least 1 breakup and 2 situationships”. The job also requires you to “have hands-on experience in using at least 2-3 dating apps”. This might sound bizarre and unreal but these are the actual points in the job description of the alleged role as mentioned in the ‘X’ post.
Since the job list has gone viral, it has gained quite a significant engagement. Netizens feel it is one of the “coolest job openings” ever! It has sparked humor along with envy with people wishing they could apply. The comment section is filled with creative inputs from prospective ‘applicants’. While the actual purpose behind the job posting remains unknown, the quirky post has left social media users excited. What do you think – is it a marketing gimmick or are they actually hiring a CDO?
