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Yerjasn Ait, who goes by Jason, wore his resume printed on a white T-shirt to face out at a tech occasion. The entrance confirmed his full resume, whereas the again had an enormous message that mentioned “Internship Wished. CV’s on the entrance.”
He confirmed up on the GeekWire Gala in Seattle on Thursday night time, the place greater than 750 folks from the tech business had been current. With mass layoffs and a troublesome job market making it arduous for a lot of tech employees to seek out jobs, Ait’s artistic concept was a sensible solution to get observed.
“I used to be questioning how I can stand out in a crowd, as a result of I’m a world scholar, my English isn’t excellent, and I’m nonetheless studying a whole lot of issues,” Ait advised GeekWire. Ait grew up in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and moved to the U.S. a few yr and a half in the past.
His daring T-shirt concept turned heads at a significant tech occasion
He’s at the moment finding out for his Grasp’s diploma in Communication on the College of Washington and plans to graduate in June. He’s searching for an internship or entry-level job the place he can use his abilities in folks administration, product growth, and downside fixing.
The T-shirt obtained loads of consideration on the occasion. Round 25 to 30 folks tapped Ait on the shoulder to reward his artistic strategy or give him their enterprise playing cards. It was solely his second time going to an occasion like this, and he needed to push via his nervousness. Within the tech world, daring strikes like this have gotten extra widespread, just like how GameStop not too long ago poached Finest Purchase’s star worker in a stunning hiring transfer.
Nonetheless, this wasn’t the one case of jobseekers printing their resumes on T-shirts.
“I used to be so scared to talk with people who find themselves very profitable, they’re professionals, specialists, and it was like imposter syndrome originally,” he mentioned. “Someway I overcame this concern and simply began speaking with folks. And that’s enjoyable.”
Issues nearly went unsuitable earlier than the occasion even began. Ait was nonetheless getting his T-shirt printed simply two hours earlier than the Gala started. A QR code that was alleged to hyperlink to his on-line resume didn’t make it onto the shirt, after which he obtained caught in Seattle visitors on his solution to the venue. Getting round Seattle will be tough, although Google Maps’ new driving function goals to assist with navigation challenges.
Discovering a job is particularly robust proper now. Tech job postings in Seattle are nonetheless a lot decrease than they had been earlier than the pandemic. Modifications within the tech business, together with the rise of synthetic intelligence, have made issues much more unsure for job seekers. However Ait is staying hopeful and decided to seek out his dream job within the U.S.
