Would you employ a celebrity in your organisation if they were not famous? A study by HR consultancy Reabur revealed of 1,187 respondents 38% think Cheryl Cole would be a beautician, 51% think Chris Moyles would be a pub landlord and 27% say Susan Boyle would work in a pound shop. When asked the multiple-choice question ‘what do you think Chris Moyles’ job would be if he wasn’t a famous DJ?’ the majority, 51% agreed he would suit the profession of a ‘pub landlord’ while 6% thought he would work as a ‘supermarket baker’.
Two thirds of the respondents, 66%, agreed that actor and comedian Johnny Vegas would be a professional darts player whilst a further 11% cited that he would be ‘unemployed and claiming benefits.’ One in three of the respondents thought that Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Susan Boyle, would work as a dinner lady and 27% believed that she would work in a pound shop.
According to the results, 61% of those polled agreed that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson would be in politics while 14% thought he would be better suited as a car mechanic. In comparison, 29% think co-presenter Richard Hammond would work as a car salesman.
Almost half (48%) of those asked agree that the recently reformed Kerry Katona would most likely work on the checkouts of a supermarket while 1 in 4, 24%, believed that without fame Kerry Katona would have been a ‘waitress’.
And 19% think that model Kate Moss would work as a stripper if she wasn’t a celebrity and a further 12% believe she would be a ‘stay at home mum’.
Georgina Read, co- managing director of Reabur said: “Being a celebrity is a job in itself, and probably a hard one at that, so we thought it would be really interesting to ask what people think they would do for a living if their talent had never been discovered.
“Some of the answers were very funny indeed; however, some of the responses were quite complimentary. Richard Hammond would make a very successful car salesman as he has the ‘gift of the gab’, however I’m not sure Jeremy Clarkson would make a great politician, but I think it is a great accolade that people think that highly of him.”
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