Watch Live: Second House Hearing on IRS Scandal

Local Reporter Who Alleged Possible IRS Targeting After Tough Obama Interview Fired

Business

Is This the Coolest, Most Ingenious Résumé You’ve Ever Seen?

Feb. 21, 2013 1:21pm Becket Adams

It’s a tough job market out there and unless you start thinking outside the box, it’s not going to get any easier.

That appears to be the thinking behind this ingenious candy bar-inspired résumé posted to Reddit on Thursday:

Enterprising Job Hunter Uses Candy Bar Themed Resume to Apply For and Land Job

“This is my friend’s resume. He got the job,” the photo caption reads.

The enterprising job hunter, “Nick,” made 12 crunch bars in all, according to Reddit user elilanger.

But here’s the coolest part: Look at the UPC code. Notice anything?

“According to the internet, ’3 01130 01980 2′ it is not a valid UPC,” writes user TheSemiTallest.

“However, looking at the groups of numbers reveals the dates 11/30 and 1980, and the two outside numbers are 32. If I had to guess, I would say that this guys is 32 years old, and his birthday is 11/30/1980,” the user adds.

Speaking for “Nick,” elilanger responds: ‘This is great that someone picked up on this. My birthday is 11-30-80, but the 32 was for my “favorite number” (huge Magic Johnson fan).”

Pretty ingenious, right?

Anyway, in case you were wondering, “Nick” claims he landed a marketing position with a New York City-based company called Sportsvite.

“Sportsvite is an online community for adult recreation athletes, allowing them to meet fellow sports enthusiasts in their area and providing them with a platform to manage their rec sports teams,” the Reddit thread reads.

Follow Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) on Twitter

Featured image courtesy Reddit. This post has been updated.

Benghazi, IRS, AP...What's next? Only TheBlaze TV offers the truth from Glenn Beck, Andrew Wilkow, and Real News from TheBlaze. Get instant access and a free trial here.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (57)

Richardoky
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 7:52pm
I was thing about this poor girl when she get in the eighth grade and they tell you to right a resume for yourself. Luckily she is just 12 and has time to think about that day coming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Evancho

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- SilentRunner
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 9:19am
  Richardoky, don’t you ever read what you write before sending it? You’ll save yourself a lot of embarrassment if you would do so.
  
  Report this comment
- angelcat
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 1:45pm
  At least she will not “wrong” or “left” a resume.
  
  Report this comment
- PimpleJuice
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:57pm
  Me remember when me had to find way to make bread. Me think me don’t do resume but I shook person up and down and smashed on ground. Me got job.
  
  Report this comment
- jethrObama
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 6:14pm
  On a related note after you get the job, you will need a business card to stand out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk
  “Your Business Card is Crap”
  
  Report this comment
- karma70
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:41am
  @SilentRunner I noticed 3 of the lst 5 comments (all on different topics) he has written are about some little girl named Jackie Evancho …. kinda strange.
  
  Report this comment
WireWizard
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 7:22pm
I have been sending my resume` to Glenn Beck for a couple of months. For this to work for me I would have to figure out how to keep the ice cream from melting.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Jaycen
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:18pm
  LOL, man.
  
  Actually, you’d be better off making it out of pie!
  
  Report this comment
- Gorp
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:05pm
  Or a big fish bowl of M&Ms
  
  Report this comment
- Goldline_scam
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 9:53am
  I sent my resume to Glenn as well … suspended in a gallon of my own urine.
  
  Haven’t heard back yet.
  
  Report this comment
BlackTalonAmmo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:28pm
Loosely translated, this company, and this job, are not worth more to me than this stupid candy bar. I may be creative, but I am not very professional.

EPIC FAIL. Shoulda made “Thank you for hiring me” candy bars for the entire COMPANY after/if you got the job.

Unless he is applying at some kind of chocoholic rehab facility instead of an online fantasy sports site for losers.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Fubared
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:32pm
  Maybe exlax bars in case they passed him over.
  
  Report this comment
RightThinking1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:17pm
Sigh. Very clever…, but now there will be a deluge of such.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Southernsoul
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:22pm
Would have been my luck the Personnel Director was diabetic.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Red Bubba
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:14pm
Big deal. I wrote my resume on a stolen rifle when I applied for a job at a cartel and I was hired by the DOJ.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Jaycen
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:19pm
  Second biggest laugh of my day.
  
  Report this comment
- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 12:48pm
  TOO AWESOME
  
  second biggest … what was the first…?
  
  Report this comment
abnormalslc
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:54pm
I offered to bring donuts if I got a 2nd interview….got it and did.
I then offered more donuts if they hired me…they did, and I brought more donuts!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 3901
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 9:49am
  Which police department hired you?
  
  Report this comment
HYPNOTOAD
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:48pm
Someone needs to teach Mr. MBA that you can not have a “work ethic” of 110%. You can max out at 100% by definition.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 2gether
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:39pm
  I thought it was incredibly creative and worthy of a job! If he went the extra mile to apply he will certainly go the extra mile for the company…thus the 110%
  
  Report this comment
Sturmritter
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:37pm
I eat resumés like that for breakfast! ;)

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
83plus
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:12pm
A+ for creativity. I hope it works for him

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 83plus
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:15pm
  Correction: Congratulations on it’s success.
  
  Report this comment
- KyleD
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:24pm
  It’s pretty ingenious. The biggest problem with applying to a job is getting noticed. If you send in a resume you just get filed with everything else. Put your resume on a candybar and not only do you get noticed but you get noticed as soon as it arrives and while the person is enjoying chocolate he/she is reading your resume.
  
  Report this comment
- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:50pm
  Excellence!! We all have many hours a day to keep moving forward and making great choices. This young man has figured it out!! GOOD FOR HIM!
  
  Report this comment
Woody4USA
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:02pm
“He didn’t make that.” – BO

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
BellaMia7
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:43pm
Let’s hope Obama cracks down on this kind of creativity and innovation. Just won’t do when the goal is America’s Decline.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- zorro
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:59pm
  Yeah this sort of creativity has no place in society. I warned this would happen when public schools began using colored chalk.
  
  Report this comment
- QuincySmith
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:19pm
  Bella;
  
  I hope he didn’t send one to mayor doomberg
  
  Report this comment
okidawna
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:40pm
My niece applied for an internship on The Rick & Bubba Show by writing her resume in icing on a cake. She got the job…

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
perry1980
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:23pm
Someone qeue the Styx song………..Too Much Time on my hands.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Cavallo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:16pm
He’s looking for a Marketing Job, so great idea. There are some other positions that this might not have got him an interview. This definitely shows he understands what he is doing in his field.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Use.some.common.sense
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:15pm
  Your right…. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Diabetes Association never called him back.
  
  Report this comment
term limits for congress
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:14pm
He used ‘copywriting’ twice. Would not hire him. And, if he put his birthdate on there, he might as well put his zodiac sign.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- KalanVA
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:51pm
  I could name a few copywriter agencies that fail at the rudimentary copywriting step of checking for errors. He must have worked for one of those companies.
  
  Report this comment
KalanVA
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:11pm
Great for him!! Very Impressed.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:30pm
  yeah. Good job Nick!
  
  Report this comment
Kaoscontrol
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:08pm
“So you’re lookin’ for a job, Kid? Let me chew on it a while….”

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Inform
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:05pm
Sure beats what an OWS clown would have done: start protesting in a park and crying about injustice that he endured: student loans to get a degree in art history.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
lynda1276
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:59pm
I would hire him too, but he would have to bring me a resume once a week!

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
g123695
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:54pm
Hiring manager must’ve been female.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:06pm
  …..and possibly a ‘robust’ one at that. ;-)
  
  Report this comment
Eastinfection
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:43pm
My Dentist told me to stop eating resumes.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
woodyee
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:38pm
Wonderful idea! This is more creative than the old Leftist/Liberal standby –

“Oh, Mr. President! So glad to meet you, Sir! Ohhh!….I work at McDonald’s, Sir. Are you going to raise the minimum wage?”

“Bamaphone! Keep Obama in Presdnet! He gave us a phone…”

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- greenongreen1
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:46pm
  Hahaha……..Hahahaha…. Love it… haha.
  
  Interesting tid-bit – did you know that the “..’Bamaphoooonnee” woman is no longer a “…’Bama-faaaann”?? She actually got a job and saw how much of her paycheck was going directly to taxes after buying into our Idiot-in-Chief’s rhetoric about letting the middle class keep more of their own paychecks, and she became disgusted. She was outraged that she “never knew that he was like this!”
  
  True story.
  
  Report this comment
Carlinpa
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:34pm
Now that’s creative.. I’m glad he got the job, I hope and imagine it’s a position he really wanted.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
SingerGuy
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:30pm
If you’re going for a job in marketing, this seems spot-on to me. Very creative! I’d hire him.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- THX-1138
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 2:55pm
  That is definitely a marketing guy right there….
  
  Report this comment

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.