May 24, 2007
Underemployed TV writer posts resumé on YouTube
28-year-old David McMillan is an underemployed Hollywood writer, looking for a job as staff writer on a show. Tired of relying on the normal channels, this year he decided to take action and made a video pitch describing "the top ten reasons why you should hire me to write for your show" and then posted it on YouTube last week. The LA Times reports. [via Reel Pop]
"... He forwarded the YouTube link to about 100 industry contacts. McMillan hasn't received any job offers since he posted the video last Wednesday, though he says he's received "great feedback" from those offering to forward their words of recommendation."
Last December, the WSJ published an article on résumes posted on YouTube: "So far, the video résumés featured on YouTube have been posted mostly by people in entertainment or media, but it's spreading by job seekers in other fields-- especially among younger workers.
The article also mentions Aleksey Vayne video, the Yale University student who applied for an investment-banking job. Entitled "Impossible Is Nothing" and featured him lifting weights, showing off his tennis serve and ballroom dancing -- was widely watched on YouTube and made Mr. Vayner an object of ridicule" - as well as a current event entry in Wikipedia .
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