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Thanks to reader Susan Long for sharing this Craigslist ad from a San Francisco lawyer looking for more than just a pretty face to assist him in his busy litigation practice.

Or maybe just a pretty face.

You know when an employer writes "photo appreciated but not necessary" that he really means it's necessary.

He does get a few points for trying to dress up the obligatory "sense of humor required" with a fancy big word: congenial.

But when I looked up the definition for congenial, I kind of got the creeps. It means "suitable to your needs" or "compatibility between persons."

Helloooo, this is a legal support staff position, not an ad for Match.com.

And how do you feel about an employer who asks for a head shot with your application, unless it's for a Hooters waitstaff position? (I love that Hooters describes itself on its own website as "delightfully tacky yet unrefined.")

I needed a professional head shot for this blog post, and remembered that Litination's "Associate Photo Captions" are the best. Click on the photo at the top of this post for a description of a likely candidate for this job posting.

She has a really pretty face.

P.S. If you are an especially nosey paralegal, like, say, me, you'll google this employer's email handle "Count Marco" and discover that there was a famous columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Marco Spinelli (now deceased) who "smirkingly [instructed] San Francisco housewives on all manner of boudoir-and-bathroom behavior."

Mon Dieu!

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