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Street-smart PR in job search

By Angelo Fernando on July 24th, 2008 In Hype!

It could be filed under “sign of the times,” together with the gas theft from cars.

But this story struck me as a very brave act of job seeking. Gilbert resident Corey Gibisch, a recently laid off employee, took to the streets to get his resume out. No one should ever have to get to this point. But instead of feeling bad for him, I would applaud him for this:

He got more attention with 100 resumes than he would have at a job fair
He got into the media without pitching his story
His sign was all about the place he liked to work in, rather than about himself
He snagged thirty business cards –leads, in his case. Do the math. 120 minutes, 100 resumes, 3o leads

Whoever hires Mr. Gibisch will have a lucky find –and a very interesting answer to anyone who asks “where did you find this guy?”

Comments

Remember during the last “energy crisis,” a guy got a costume, like a bear, and handed out resumes in Downtown Denver.

Made the 5 & 10 news.

So history repeats itself, so do ideas.

Pete Townshend said something like, “Every thought I think has been thought by someone else.” Of course, he was ripping someone off with that quote, too.

A “cooler” alternative, on many levels, is networking through LinkedIn.

Valley employers have gone from a 10% electronic sourcing and resume submission rate in 2003 to nearly 100% penetration in 2008. LinkedIn is becoming a key tool for candidate sourcing for the BETTER jobs.

I’ve volunteered services for 5+ years for the nonprofit (and all volunteer) Scottsdale Job Network as an online community manager, website developer and more. SJN has a workshop August 19 on Using LinkedIn for Job Seekers. Details at:

http://www.scottsdalejobnet.com/

Please share with people it could help. Thanks!!!!

My mouth dropped when I saw this! This guy obviously has the will, the drive and the creativity to great things for some lucky company. Hats off to him.

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