A man has resorted to standing in busy areas in Sydney and Melbourne hoping someone will hire him. The job market is brutally competitive at the moment and people are doing everything they can to get their applications to the top of the pile.

But few are going as far as Yogesh Kumar, who has been searching for a job since September last year after being let go by a graduate training program in data analysis. He told Yahoo Finance he's sent out around 500 applications and has been rejected from every single one.

So, he decided to put his CV onto a board and stand in public to get more eyeballs on his situation.

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The board asked if anyone was looking for a data analyst and included his skills and phone number.

He did this stunt at train stations and popular CBD spots in Sydney and Melbourne for a few days and it certainly caught the eye of some passersby. Several people have posted photos of him on social media and praised his outside-the-box approach to getting a job.

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"This really caught my attention not because I’m looking for a data analyst, rather that Yogesh’s approach says more about him than just the words on the sign," said one person.

"Something about his courage to do this and the analogue feel for a data analyst of all things, tells me he's probably an independent thinker. I dig that," wrote another.

"I’ll give him 10/10 for creativity and having the guts to do this," added a third.

The response has been huge

Kumar has been flooded with calls and messages since posts of his efforts went viral online.

The 28-year-old said while none have translated to job offers, there have been plenty of recruiters and hiring managers who said they would get in touch the moment a role becomes available.

"They say that this is financial time and companies are doing their taxes and everything and waiting for the government to release the budget and once that comes there will be a lot of positions opening up again," he explained to Yahoo Finance.

After moving from India to Melbourne in 2019, he did a masters degree and graduated in 2021. He beat out hundreds of applicants to get a role analysing data at The Data School but was made redundant last year.