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A Canadian candy company is hiring for a sweet gig: the role of Chief Candy Officer, a $78,000 a year ($100,000 Canadian) work-from-home job

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. Duties include:"leading candy board meetings, being the head taste tester ... and all things fun." Several thousand candidates have already applied for the position, which was posted on LInkedIn in July, said Chief Executive Officer Jamal Hejazi.

How the world's biggest four-day workweek trial run changed people's livesThe 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 —"we'll sell one lollipop" — and a strong push on social media.Sales in 2021, boosted substantially by the pandemic, were"just under $15 million. I'm not kidding," Hejazi said.

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