Three years - loads of non-jobs - and counting

With exactly three years to go before those trundling along on the London 2012 gravy train have to deliver an Olympic Games, it is an opportune time for another of my semi-regular fillers examining the non-jobs on offer (and helping flatter the UK's unemployment statistics).
Current vacancies include:

Assistant Venue Project Manager;
Environmental Manager;
Lead Logistics Manager (Venues);
National Olympic Committee Continental Manager (Africa);
National Olympic Committee Continental Manager (Asia);
National Olympic Committee Continental Manager (Pan America);
Brand & Marketing Director;
Paralympic Sport Coordinator;
Arrivals and Departures Manager;
Financial Analyst - Finance and Reporting;
Management Accountant;
Venue Results Manager;
Spectator Services Staffing Manager, and;
Spectator Services Operations Manager.

Trebles all round!

It's (still) the taking part that counts

As even the pinko press advocates spending cuts and UK unemployment is predicted to peak at 3m next year, the London 2012 gravy train still seems to steam ahead unrestricted.
The Olympic organising committee is currently advertising for a "Finance Business Manager"; a "Head of Risk Assurance"; a "Licensing Executive"; a "Government Relations Executive"; an "SEQ Manager" (eh?); a "Deputy Manager, Venue Press Operations"; a "Manager, Main Press Centre"; a "Revenue Accountant"; a "Payroll Coordinator" and, wait for it, our old favourite, a "Sustainability Partnerships Manager".
Trebles all round!

It's the taking part that counts

No unemployment worries at London 2012, where the jobs gravy train continues to trundle along uninterrupted by any concerns over Government borrowing or a major recession.
The Organising Committee is currently advertising for a Technical Architect, a Trailblazer’s Volunteer Coordinator, a Uniform Manager, a Senior Client Services Manager, a Polyclinic and Medical Services Coordinator, a Head of Spectator Services, an Olympic Park Venue Group Lead, a Venues Project Manager, a Delivery Integration Manager, a Group Manager (Client Services), a Venue Results Manager, a Fleet Services Manager, a Security Team Administration Assistant, a Security Risk Assessor, a Resourcing Project Manager, a Commercial Manager, a Director of Games Services, a Producer of Sport Presentation and a Director of Games Operations.
Any change from our £10bn? A paltry £700m (and falling) at the last count.

Finance gap weighs heavy on Jowell

With Tessa Jowell admitting that the Government would never have bid for the Olympics during a recession - and having dipped into the Games' £1bn contingency fund to keep building work going on the London Olympic village last month - are there any further details to worry taxpayers concerned about waste on this vanity project? Naturally. The Olympic Delivery Authority is still searching for a Head of Finance. Most reassuring.