The Wrong Guys For The Job

After Nate Weisman is let go due to the failing economy, he finds himself among the vast community of people desperately seeking work. His eccentric best friend and roommate, Cole, an actor, is killed off of a cult sci-fi show. The pair needs to find a way to make the rent, and fast.

One night, Nate attends a support group for the unemployed. It's a sad, desperate group full of characters with varying job skills. One thing becomes apparent – they all have the skills and experience needed, but they just can't land a job.
Later on that night, Nate is depressed and watching late night cable. A re-run of Mrs. Doubtfire is playing – it's the scene where Robin Williams character is making several calls to Sally Field, faking people who are applying for the nanny position. Then, when “Mrs. Doubtfire” herself calls, Sally's character is pleasantly surprised in comparison to the myriad of crazy people who have called. This is Nate's lightbulb moment. What if he could do the same thing, only with actual job interviews? He takes out the business card of Stephen, a man he met earlier that night at the unemployment group. Slightly hesitating, he reaches for the phone and dials.

A week later... A hiring manager welcomes his one o'clock interview – Pearson Moneypenny, aka Cole, disguised convincingly as an executive. The interview starts off normal...until Cole slowly but surely makes himself apparent as a complete creep. After dismissing Cole, the hiring manager and his co-worker try to shake off what they just encountered. Enter Nate, also acting as an executive. The encounter quickly goes downhill when Nate begins asking bizarre questions, such as if the benefits included regular fox-hunting excursions.With their frustrations at a peak moment, it's Stephen's turn. He enters, and as the interviewers are half expecting another nut job, he impresses them not only by being normal but a completely apt candidate.

Later that night, Nate and Cole argue over the morals of the con they pulled. Cole says it's not fair to the other applicants, Nate says they are only giving a leg up to people who do deserve it. In the middle of the fight, the phone rings – It's Stephen. He's been offered the job. Nate and Cole look at each other and realize: It's on.

After Nate and Cole agree that this will be a temporary solution to their problems, they quickly throw together their business model - “BJs – Where We Blow Jobs”. The men bring on some of the varied characters from the unemployed support group as their staff - Gene, an over the top gay man who coaches the clients on how to interview. Duff, a middle aged black man who writes fake resumes and researches the companies. And Harold, pushing 90, who runs various cell phones to act as fake references for the clients. Cole holds auditions for fake interviewers, and it all comes together in a diabolical, if morally questionable, scheme.

Things start going swimmingly well for the “company”. Nate seems to take a liking to having so much responsibility, and being a leader, and he starts considering the situation as an actual career. One night he crew is out celebrating their success at a local pub. Nate notices a beautiful woman near the jukebox. He approaches her and they have a brief flirty exchange. Sparks fly. When the woman, Tasha, asks him what he does, he responds “I get people hired.”

Tasha and Nate start a romance. It is all coy and they never seem to reveal too much about themselves...Nate doesn't reveal his job, and neither does Tasha.

One morning, Cole calls Nate to replace him at an interview at the last minute. Nate haphazardly prepares and shows up to the interview – only to find Tasha, as the interviewer. Nate is caught in his lie and doesn't want to embarrass himself. It especially hits him when Tasha asks what his future goals are. Nate leaves and avoids his client outside. The client later calls, upset, after not getting a call about the job.

Cole gets the role on the show, and things start to unravel at the company and in Nate's conscience. He's left to figure out where his future lies...and if he can win back the trust of those around him.