台湾女孩获杀入世界最好工作11强_时事

台湾女孩获杀入世界最好工作11强

Interpreter wins wild card for 'world's best job'

A photo of Clare Wang.Officials with the tourism department of Australia's Queensland state Wednesday announced that Clare Wang won a spot among 11 finalists vying for the job - a 150,000 Australian dollar ($105,000) contract to relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while writing a blog to promote the area.

A skydiving, mountain-climbing interpreter from Taiwan has scored herself a shot at what's been dubbed the "Best Job in the World" - getting paid to serve as the caretaker of a tropical Australian paradise island.

Officials with the tourism department of Australia's Queensland state Wednesday announced that Clare Wang won a spot among 11 finalists vying for the job - a 150,000 Australian dollar ($105,000) contract to relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while writing a blog to promote the area.

Wang was selected by the public as the "wild card" winner from a pool of 50 short-listed entries the department had chosen earlier. She received 151,676 votes - almost three times as many as her nearest competitor - on the job ad's website, which featured the video applications of all 50 hopefuls. Nearly 35,000 people from across the world applied for the gig.

Tourism Queensland will choose the other 10 finalists and announce the names on April 3. All 11 hopefuls will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for interviews, and one will be declared the winner on May 6. The job begins July 1.