North Carolina woman prints her resume on a cake, has it delivered to Nike!

๐—•๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป…
๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต ๐—ผ๐—ณ โ€œ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ.โ€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ “๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ.”

Hereโ€™s your friendly nudge:
๐ŸŽฏ You can keep letting urgent but unimportant tasks win.
Or make ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ the priority.

So…letโ€™s make progress you can actually feel. Move that needle, inch by inch! Planting seeds and turning over stones everyday will make your future self feel so right.

Hereโ€™s your friendly (and slightly sarcastic) reminder:
If you want different results, you gotta take different actions.

๐ŸŽฏ Regular job apps = meh.
๐ŸŽฏ Guerrilla job hunting = chefโ€™s kiss.

Need proof?
๐Ÿฐ One girl printed her resume on a cake and got an interview at Nike (see below).
๐Ÿฉ One guy delivered his entire resume printed on a box of donutsโ€”because whoโ€™s ignoring carbs and credentials at the same time?
๐Ÿชง One guy bought a billboard near his dream companyโ€™s HQ with his face and โ€œHire Me!โ€ plastered across itโ€”because why whisper when you can scream your value at 60mph?
๐Ÿงƒ Another turned his resume into a label on a juice bottle.
๐ŸŽง I saw a dude create a Spotify playlist with his job history as the track titles.

Talk about grabbin’ the bull by the horns…check out the viral jobseeker’s stunt that landed her an interview with Nike!

Unorthodox? Yes.
Memorable? 1000%.
Hired? Most of ’em, yep.

Here are a few stunts to actually stand out (without risking jail time):
โœ… Turn your resume into a mock product ad
โœ… Mail a custom bobblehead of yourself to the hiring manager
โœ… Create a fake podcast episode titled โ€œWhy You Should Hire [Your Name]โ€
โœ… Record a short, funny YouTube ad targeting your dream company and run it near their HQ
โœ… Orโ€ฆ stick to the classics and actually update your dang resume ๐Ÿ˜‰

Check out her viral Nike cake marketing strategy: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/nike-resume-cake/283-325dc0b3-6989-4764-909e-f04b2fdcfd67

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