A little ingenuity paid off for the two college grads that clogged traffic going car to car to pass out their resumes. Both scored jobs.
Andrew O'Malley started work with a local wealth management firm this week and his friend, Sean Christman, starts work next week with a financial services company in New Jersey.
"I may be the only person in the country looking forward to Monday, but it will be great to finally earn a paycheck after a long summer," said Christman.
The roadside resume idea was a "what on earth do we have to lose" sort of tactic after the traditional job search – filling out hundreds of job applications – turned up nothing.
Andrew and Sean put on suits twice this summer and handed out their resumes during rush hour on a busy off-ramp near the Ben Franklin Bridge. The duo said most strangers were supportive, but that it wasn't always a smooth road.
"I received everything from obscene gestures to you are my hero. The experience has been very rewarding," said O'Malley.
The naysayers didn't faze the grads, though. If anything, it made them more determined.
"Whether it be jealousy or pure displeasure in our tactic, negative feedback pushes me even more to prove the doubters wrong and make a name for myself," said Christman.
Christman says the roadside gig didn't get them their job interviews, but it sure helped set them apart from everyone else in line for the same job. Enabling them to be more selective in the job search.
O'Malley graduated from Rutgers with a Business-Management degree and Christman has a degree in Finance from LaSalle.
