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Lululemon posts hilarious ‘CEO Wanted’ ad

Think you might have what it takes to be Lululemon’s next CEO? You might want to practice your headstands. Screenshot/Global News

Are you a passionate individual who can hold a headstand for more than ten minutes and knows the secret to getting the caramel into the Caramilk bar? If so Lululemon wants you to be their next “head boss person.”

The Vancouver-based company posted a bright-red half-page ad on their website Friday that read, “CEO wanted click here to apply.

The job description is simple, “You report to no one, you are the CEO (duh),” reads the posting.

“You are passionate about doing chief executive officer type stuff like making decisions, having a vision and being the head boss person.”

The job posting features a long list of requirements and personality traits that the optimal CEO of the yoga retailer would possess, the most mundane of which being a passion for yoga. Some of the more interesting requirements include:

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  • Your go-to party trick is your dead-on impression of the yogi in “Sh*T Yogis Say”
  • You have Chip Wilson, Bill Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey on speed dial
  • You’re a long-term thinker. You already have a plan to bring yoga and luon to Mars by 2018
  • You voted for Pedro
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. announced it would be looking for a new CEO Monday, after Christine Day said she was leaving the company.

Read More: Lululemon Athletica plans new CEO search

Day, who offered little explanation for her departure, said she will remain with the company while the board searches for a new CEO. Day’s departure comes after problems earlier this year that saw the company pull its popular black Luon yoga pants from store shelves for being too sheer.

Lululemon’s ideal CEO appears to be someone with a good work/life balance, “You actively live and breathe the Lululemon culture – on Friday afternoons you hit up wheatgrass and tequila shots (it’s called work/life balance),” and requires the ability to speak Sanskrit.

The job posting even gives the potential candidates an idea of what a day in the life of the CEO might resemble.

“You elevate and cultivate the level of talent within the senior leadership team by holding The Bachelor Lululemon. Only one successful SVP will get the final rose,” reads the posting.

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