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Need a pie chart? (new window)

Wanna hire me? Call immediately. I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes.

tricycleracer: Wanna hire me? Call immediately. I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes.

I don't think JFP *asks* to be hired. It just happens.

/in the gym
//bathroom

Hannah Phan's presentation mentioned in the story was pretty goddamn nifty. (new window) I would have hired her myself if I ran the company.

Back in the 90's, I turned my resume into a full-color tri-fold brochure that accompanyed my (lame) demo reel VHS.

Somehow, that worked, and I'm still working here 17 years later.

/Well, that and being highly recommended by the person I was replacing. Which was nice.

Stalk the company you want to work for. Climb in through an open window and leave your business card. Find the someone in the position you want, and poison them. Then leave your resume on everyone's desk.

Lt. Col. Angus: [cdn.follw.it image 300x226]

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Possimpible!

I have a multimedia blogume up and have had it up for a while. It's just the easiest way to get everything I want displayed displayed in a cohesive, well-formatted fashion.

When I first started doing, just as a way to collect my thoughts for a "real" resume, people told me it was a stupid idea, it was too personal, there was too much content on there, etc. But it landed me the job I got now, and then afterwards gave me a stepping-stone to start my own company and start attracting clients.

If you're in a creative field, creativity sells.

Oh yes, this will definitely work at a bunch of places. Her success has nothing to do with being enthusiastic about their company and using their own tech to apply for a job with them. ::eyeroll::

So its somehow news now that standing apart from the crowd is a time tested technique to getting a job.

/welcome to fark

bravian: So its somehow news now that standing apart from the crowd is a time tested technique to getting a job.

/welcome to fark

Not only is it news, people still are calling it attention whoring.

Got my current job partially because of my online presence.

I will never hire anyone who uses any of the following words: 1) blogume 2) presume 3) webinar.

Other words will be added to this list, as long as you effing retards continue to make them up.

That is all.

Barricaded Gunman: webinar

blame gotomeeting.com for that one

Barricaded Gunman: I will never hire anyone who uses any of the following words: 1) blogume 2) presume 3) webinar.

Other words will be added to this list, as long as you effing retards continue to make them up.

That is all.

Well I never. You can expect my Power Poresignation and two week's tweet in the morning.

Cagey B: Well I never. You can expect my Power Poresignation and two week's tweet in the morning.

Well played, Cagey B, well played.

/grits teeth, adds to list

Put down that coffee.
Coffee is only for CLOSERS.

While I guess it was neat for her to use the company's software and all, that had to be the most juvenile approach to getting a job I've ever seen. I bet she draws some wicked unicorns and rainbows on her trapper keeper.

/hired her on the spot?
//this is why we can't have nice things
///same company probably got 100 resumes from people 10x more qualified, but this was *creative*, woo

So freeking happy I don't have to jump though these stupid hoops to land a job.

thankfully a github profile and networking is more than enough for guys with my skill-set.

Whatever you call it, shameless attention whoring is the way to go in this job market

What about actual whoring? I hear it's a growth industry.

/Or perhaps "adult services entrepreneur"

farking Jargonauts. Bet you can't spell for shiat.

Meh. UPS was looking for a packaging engineer (before the days of the internet), so I made a custom designed box that contained my resume and I Next Day Air'ed it to the UPS point of contact person.

/I got a call from them the next morning for a phone interview.

//Got the job.

NeedleGuy: Meh. UPS was looking for a packaging engineer (before the days of the internet), so I made a custom designed box that contained my resume and I Next Day Air'ed it to the UPS point of contact person.

/I got a call from them the next morning for a phone interview.

//Got the job.

CSB

Actual Farking: Impossible is nothing.

Came for this. Leaving satisfied.

/karate-chops bricks

i thought the "presentation" showed that she make (or have someone else) make Flash content, and either draw, or find pre-existing, cartoon characters. I learned that she has great confidence in herself, and that she's willing to work early and late.

Apart from that it told me nothing about her, or the company. It was rah-rah-rah.

I also am glad that my skillset, my blog and my hobby site are enough to get me a job. A Flash video lover letter would not help.

Christ, I'm glad I financially established myself before Bush and Greenspan flooded the economy with mortgage money.

I am sorry for your lots.

Came for the possimpible, now back to work.