Job hunting just got awesome!

We’ve written a couple of posts on here about using social media to find a job, but had to share this one example with you. We all know that it’s a crowded job market out there and people are having to get a bit more creative to catch an employer’s attention. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than by this job-hunter, Alec Brownstein , who found a unique way to get in front of his dream employers.

Clearly the best thing about this example is that it did actually lead to a job at one of the agency’s he targeted. And using an advertising medium to target an advertising executive is obviously genius! As an employer this is something that would stand out a mile to me and it’s great to see examples of people being proactive and thinking outside the box to approach prospective employers. I would imagine the standard CV and covering letter won’t be around much longer, as online affords so many greater opportunities…