Supernatural beings often get a bad rap. Yes, it’s bad form to suck the blood or the life force out of your victims, but is it all too different from what corporate scions or social media grifters are doing every day? We’re not convinced that the ghouls, banshees, and she-demons of the world aren’t just terribly misunderstood girl bosses. Here are some of our favorite creepy candidates from around the world and their stand-out resumes.
Banshee
Summary statement: Self-starter with excellent verbal skills and a background in crisis communications
Location: Ireland
Strengths: Screaming, shrieking, keening, predicting imminent deaths, vocally shattering glass, and occasionally getting difficult bloodstains out of garment
Development areas: Could work on listening skills as former colleagues express difficulty of getting a word in edgewise
Yuki-onna (Snow Woman)
Summary statement: Experienced honey trap and childcare expert
Location: Japan
Strengths: Being beautiful and mysterious, enduring extreme wintry conditions, charming men, women, and children alike and stealing their life force and/or livers
Development areas: Pronounced weakness when confronted with warm weather, has a tendency to enter hot baths despite the catastrophic consequences to self
Tlahuelpuchi
Summary statement: Family-oriented individual contributor with strong community ties
Location: Mexico
Strengths: Multi-tasking the roles of both vampire and witch, shape-shifting, and making pacts with local shamans
Development areas: Changes form by detaching body from legs, which presents some physical vulnerabilities
White Lady
Summary statement: Globally recognized household name with a reliable track record
Location: All over the world
Strengths: Looking amazing in white year-round, taking long walks at night, embedding herself in local lore, appearing and disappearing without a trace
Development areas: The White Lady tends to repeat her patterns (wandering around, looking sad, wearing white) and could benefit from more out-of-the-box thinking
Madam Koi Koi
Summary statement: Leader in education with a focus on results and instilling authority
Location: Nigeria
Strengths: Frightening students at boarding schools, clacking down dark hallways in red heels, popping out of bathrooms or dormitories, singing and whistling
Development areas: Disturbs others, including her colleagues and students, in the middle of the night with excessive noise
Succubus
Summary statement: Night shift professional with stellar interpersonal and negotiation skills
Location: Europe
Strengths: Charming prospective clients (victims), sterile semen collection, long-term relationship building
Development areas: Unfortunately, needs men to survive
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