History Main / HiredOnTheSpot

'''Bullwinkle:''' I been in the dark most of my life.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E6BendlessLove Bendless Love]]", [[Characters/FuturamaBenderBendingRodriguez Bender Bending Rodriguez]] is forced to leave Planet Express after bending everything at the company. He finds a group of striking bending units at a factory that is hiring non-union scab workers. Bender pretends to be infuriated by the factory, only to walk in and be hired by the person running the factory in mere minutes.

* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "Movie Job", after Josh accidentally makes an employee at The Premiere quit, he starts giving advice to moviegoers when they mistake him for an employee. Helen, impressed by this, asks him if he's looking for a job and if he's sane, hiring Josh immediately when he confirms both of her questions. In the same episode, Drake is hired even quicker, with Helen nonchalantly hiring him on the spot when Drake simply asks for a job.

In fiction, however, getting hired can be as simple as walking up to an employer and asking for a job, no application or scheduling required. They might ask for a brief demonstration of the applicant's skill, but otherwise, one can be hired in mere minutes. The reason the process is depicted that way in fiction is usually due to TheLawOfConservationOfDetail -- it's often important to the story that someone gets a job, but showing the hiring process is usually superfluous detail. Sometimes a VeryFakeResume is in play by the applicant. Sometimes it's justified as a result of {{Nepotism}} if the owner of the business hires somebody as a favor to a relative or friend.

* Webcomic/ElGoonishShive: Grace is quickly hired by the comic shop in the Nepotism arc.

This may overlap with HiredForTheirLooks if the applicant in question is deemed highly attractive by the employer. Compare with WorkOffTheDebt, where the character is ''forced'' to take the job, though usually not permanently. See also FieldPromotion, UnusualHiringPractices, and LastIntervieweeWins. Can be the result of a VeryFakeResume if the interviewer doesn't realize it's too good to be true.

This may overlap with HiredForTheirLooks if the applicant in question is deemed highly attractive by the employer. Compare with WorkOffTheDebt, where the character is ''forced'' to take the job, though usually not permanently. See also FieldPromotion, UnusualHiringPractices, and LastIntervieweeWins.

This may overlap with HiredForTheirLooks if the applicant in question is deemed highly attractive by the employer. Compare with WorkOffTheDebt, where the character is ''forced'' to take the job, though usually not permanently. See also FieldPromotion and UnusualHiringPractices. Compare LastIntervieweeWins.

This may overlap with HiredForTheirLooks if the applicant in question is deemed highly attractive by the employer. Compare with WorkOffTheDebt, where the character is ''forced'' to take the job, though usually not permanently. See also FieldPromotion and UnusualHiringPractices.

** One time in "The Boys of Bummer", Homer rests on a mattress. The store owner approaches him to scold. Homer describes at length how convey the mattress is, drawing a crowd over, then the Rich Texan, inspired by Homer, buys 5 mattresses, congratulating Homer for selling him on the bed. When Homer says he doesn't work here, the manager responds with "You do now. YOU'REEEEEEEE HIRRREEEDDD!"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Played with in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E17ArrghRockBottom Arrgh!]]", Mr. Krabs tries to fire [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsPatrickStar Patrick Star]] for punishing him in their board game, but Patrick replies he doesn't even work at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs offers him a job, starting immediately, which Patrick accepts... so Mr. Krabs can fire him immediately.

** Will, who dresses and talks like a 19th-century dandy, was hired the moment he inquired in person about a bartender opening at a Victorian-themed pub.

* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': Because of the sudden intense workload the Ghostbusters are facing, Winston Zeddmore is hired the instant Peter and Ray are introduced to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': One time in "The Boys of Bummer", Homer rests on a mattress. The store owner approaches him to scold. Homer describes at length how convey the mattress is, drawing a crowd over, then the Rich Texan, inspired by Homer, buys 5 mattresses, congratulating Homer for selling him on the bed. When Homer says he doesn't work here, the manager responds with "You do now. YOU'REEEEEEEE HIRRREEEDDD!"
** In "Kill the Alligator and Run", the family take the help wanted signs out of a café, the lady decides she likes that and hires them.

** Coffee of Doom hires baristas very quickly; in particular, Penelope got hired despite the fact that she wasn't actually looking for a job.
** Martin got his job as a librarian by noticing they were hiring, and recognizing the application was written in iambic pentameter.

** Will, who dresses and talks like a nineteenth-century dandy, was hired the moment he inquired in person about a bartender opening at a Victorian-themed pub.