Yahoo Finance ‘HIRE ME’: Uni student’s ingenious ploy
It can be difficult to get noticed, and it can feel almost impossible when job-seeking.
But when 19-year-old Gursimran Singh ran into this problem, he came up with a genius solution.
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The Georgia Tech college student realised that his dormitory window was located across the road from Fortune 500 company NCR, and decided that he had to make the most out of the geographical proximity.
The second-year computer science student spelt out the words “HIRE ME :)” on his window with sticky notes, only to have the company message back in sticky notes “EMAIL?” Georgia Tech shared on its Facebook page.
Singh then provided his email address in sticky notes, taking up most of his window.
The company then asked “DEV?” to find out if Singh was a developer.
“A vice president emailed and now he's got an interview,” the college said.
As Singh told the Georgia Tech News Centre, he spent a lot on sticky notes, but it “looked pretty cool”.
“I was contacted by a few people, including the vice president of IT,” Singh said.
“They asked me to send my resume, so I did.”
Now, Singh has landed an internship with the company.
"I never expected them to continue the conversation, but they did, so it was pretty amazing for me," he told CNN.
Another audacious job-seeking attempt at Aldi
Earlier this year, a Sydney woman got a job in an unorthodox way.
Jessica Irving had applied for a job at Aldi but soon received a rejection letter, she shared on Facebook.
"After careful consideration, we regret to advise that you have not proceeded to the next stage in this instance,” the letter read.
But Irving decided that response wasn’t good enough. She wrote back to Aldi rejecting the rejection.
“Dear Aldi,” Irving said.
“Although my application was rejected, I have been applying for jobs for over a year now with no success.
“My skills are on par with your store, with the ability to be exceptionally fast paced to scan items like evert Aldi team member does. I pride myself on my impressive sale [sic] skills and describe myself to be very persuasive and show effectiveness.
“So persuasive in fact, that I would like to confidentially [sic] reject your rejection. Thank you for letting me be a part of the team, I won’t let you down.”
The next day, Irving was invited in for a group interview.
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