Creative Resumes
Got this via a colleague's e-mail forward:
As expected it was a hoax. Mr.Bulmash created this joke to get some publicity to help his writing career that was going no where.
But that reminded of a true story.
In 1996, Nanda was looking for a break into advertising industry. He sent his plain-vanilla resumes (name, age, sex, daddy's name, grand pa's dog's eating habits, birth sign, education from elementary school etc) to all ad agencies in Chennai. And no one bothered to respond. Probably the cows of Chennai had a gala time eating all the paper that our man was churning out. Enter: Yours truly. Nanda asked me to write a 'creative' CV. I agreed and as always, forgot about after 45 seconds. Nanda, perseverant as the Airtel phone-sales girl, pestered me long enough and I gave in. In a burst of rare creative energy, I wrote a resume that positioned Nanda as a product. The resume was laced with sarcasm and my legendary humour. We sent it to all the agencies. The rest is history. All top agencies called him for an interview. Lintas (now LOWE I think) hired him. I do not have a soft copy of that resume, but I think Nanda has framed the dead-wood version and hung it right next to lord Venkateshwara's picture in his prayer room.
That whole episode however inspired me and I never sent a normal resume for a couple of years. When Network advertising asked for copywriters, I sent them a two page resume: the first page had a small, plastic oil bottle, stuck with Cellophane tape with the caption 'Are you looking for this?' See next page.' The next page had only one line. 'I got midnight oil.' and my pager number. Network called me but never hired me. I for one firmly believe that these resumes won't work in the Indian IT industry. Those guys lack the imagination to recruit the right people. So, don't try this creative resume thing at home. However, if you are really desperate and have exhausted all methods at securing a job, drop me a line. Maybe, I'll help you.
What did Nanda pay? Nothing. Not even gratitude. That's why I circulate that Ezhumalai story to... Ok, that's another story, for another time. Hoo-ha. Add to:del.icio.us| Digg| Reddit| StumbleUpon| Technorati
This is an actual job application that a 17-year-old boy submitted at a McDonald?s restaurant in Florida; and
they hired him because he was so honest and funny! Read the resume.
As expected it was a hoax. Mr.Bulmash created this joke to get some publicity to help his writing career that was going no where.
But that reminded of a true story.
In 1996, Nanda was looking for a break into advertising industry. He sent his plain-vanilla resumes (name, age, sex, daddy's name, grand pa's dog's eating habits, birth sign, education from elementary school etc) to all ad agencies in Chennai. And no one bothered to respond. Probably the cows of Chennai had a gala time eating all the paper that our man was churning out. Enter: Yours truly. Nanda asked me to write a 'creative' CV. I agreed and as always, forgot about after 45 seconds. Nanda, perseverant as the Airtel phone-sales girl, pestered me long enough and I gave in. In a burst of rare creative energy, I wrote a resume that positioned Nanda as a product. The resume was laced with sarcasm and my legendary humour. We sent it to all the agencies. The rest is history. All top agencies called him for an interview. Lintas (now LOWE I think) hired him. I do not have a soft copy of that resume, but I think Nanda has framed the dead-wood version and hung it right next to lord Venkateshwara's picture in his prayer room.
That whole episode however inspired me and I never sent a normal resume for a couple of years. When Network advertising asked for copywriters, I sent them a two page resume: the first page had a small, plastic oil bottle, stuck with Cellophane tape with the caption 'Are you looking for this?' See next page.' The next page had only one line. 'I got midnight oil.' and my pager number. Network called me but never hired me. I for one firmly believe that these resumes won't work in the Indian IT industry. Those guys lack the imagination to recruit the right people. So, don't try this creative resume thing at home. However, if you are really desperate and have exhausted all methods at securing a job, drop me a line. Maybe, I'll help you.
What did Nanda pay? Nothing. Not even gratitude. That's why I circulate that Ezhumalai story to... Ok, that's another story, for another time. Hoo-ha. Add to:del.icio.us| Digg| Reddit| StumbleUpon| Technorati
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