Experienced MIT Grad For Hire
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice. During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice. I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope. Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me. I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job. Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice.
During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice.
I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope.
Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me.
I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job.
Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
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immigrant populations of Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, motivated and high energy<br />
buccaneers from all over the country and all around the world who had come to the Big<br />
Apple to find their fortune, executive assistants, receptionists and maintenance workers<br />
who had worked at Bear Stearns for years were all suddenly kicked out of their<br />
workspaces, offices and cubicles.<br />
I had been familiar with Bear Stearns since I was a kid and had worked across the<br />
street for the past two years. I had even interviewed at Bear Stearns a few years earlier, in<br />
the very same Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities group which helped bring the<br />
company down. I had contacts at Bear Stearns and had been trying to get my foot in the<br />
door for years. With a bang and a shudder, the door was slammed shut on everyone who<br />
worked at Bear Stearns and everyone who had ever dreamed of working there.<br />
With that monumental event, suddenly there were thousands of highly-qualified<br />
bankers looking for jobs. The thought of such intense competition was like cold water on<br />
my face, waking me from a slumber. I started wondering how long it would take to find a<br />
job. Two and a half months had passed since I had left Houlihan Lokey. A month and a<br />
half had passed since I had interviewed at Duff & Phelps. Ironically, they had called me<br />
every few months while I had worked at Houlihan Lokey, and now that I needed a job,<br />
they no longer seemed interested.<br />
With the collapse of Bear Sterns, my already-scratched-rose-colored glasses<br />
snapped in half. I was concerned. I had been counting on Duff & Phelps and had<br />
generated few other leads and even fewer interviews. Suddenly, I had to compete with<br />
thousands of the best and the brightest, with people who were not only street-smart but<br />
also Wall Street-smart.
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