These days, we’ve been hearing a lot of stories about crazy stunts job seekers are pulling to find employment. Well, here’s one that actually worked.
Five months ago, Jason Fruen of Manchester, England, lost his job as a mechanical maintenance engineer.
After sending his resume to companies and having no luck, he adopted a different strategy: He started wearing the resume.
Fruen donned a sandwich board that read, in big bold letters, “Mechanical maintenance engineer, seeking employment,” along with his telephone number, the Daily Mail reports.
His plan: Stand by an industrial complex and hope someone pays attention. He didn’t have to wait very long.
On his first day of self-advertising, a car pulled over. The owner of a local company offered him a job.
Unfortunately, it was only for a two-and-a-half month temporary assignment. So now, Freun is hitting the streets again, starting every day at 5:30 a.m.
What extreme job-seeker tactics have you seen or heard about? Would anything like Freun’s gimmick grab your attention enough to consider someone for a job? Let us know in the comments section below.
