Twitter Job Candidate Vies For Its Attention In The Most Ingenious Way—& Gets It
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In order to stand out from other job applicants, you’ll have to showcase your skill set without droning on about your talents. You’ll also need to prove that you believe in the company’s products or services.
Social media specialist Kyra Jay did all of that when she applied for a position at Twitter. Jay, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Communications and has “eight years of tweeting,” was aware she’d be going head-to-head with other candidates, and decided to publish her résumé in the most apt way imaginable: on her Twitter bio.
“Applied for a job at @Twitter today!” she tweeted along with a screenshot of her ingenious idea. “It was only right that I have my resume show them how much I’d love to work there.”
Instead of featuring a short description about herself, Jay maximized the space in her profile bio by including her education background, work experience, and key skills—in hashtags, no less, stylizing them as “#BrandStrategy,” “#ContentCuration,” “#GraphicDesign,” and so on.
Applied for a job at @Twitter today! It was only right that I have my resume show them how much I’d love to work there. 🤞🏾 pic.twitter.com/CxCpYwpSnd
— 👩🏾💻 (@_kyrajay) March 9, 2020
By turning her profile bio into a working résumé, she could prove that she was an active user by the timestamp already embedded by Twitter in her profile description. She could also convince potential employers she was a firm believer of their product, and knew how to use it well, by thinking out of the box about how her job application should look.
Her post has since gone viral, amassing nearly 11,000 retweets and 75,700 likes since being tweeted on Monday.
This gives her another edge over the pack: testimonials, and Twitter users are fervently urging the company to hire her.
“Twitter, give this girl a job,” one user wrote. “Very creative, give this woman an advance,” another commended.
“Your resume stands out,” one Twitter user replied. “If I was the hiring manager. I’d hire you on the spot for thinking outside the box. Companies need folks like you.”
Jay had her fingers crossed that the folks at Twitter would notice her—and they did. The Twitter Careers account responded to her tweet: “We [see] you!”
In addition, her tweet went all the way up to Twitter’s recruiting leader Hilary Walker, who responded, “You got my attention! Sent you a DM.”
Jay later updated followers on the situation by tweeting, “Twitter employees are telling their colleagues to look out for me,” as a result of the internet’s attention.
“Shoutout to all my followers that helped my resume land and all these timelines,” she expressed. “Thank you for believing in me.”
We 👀 you! 👏👏👏
— Twitter Careers (@TwitterCareers) March 10, 2020
@Twitter give this a girl a job
— shorty doo-wop 🍒 (@que_linda09) March 9, 2020
Your resume stands out. If I was the hiring manager , I'd hire you on the spot for thinking outside the box. Companies need folks like you
— WaveyBryant (@BryantWavey) March 10, 2020
Hey @Twitter isn’t her credentials, impressive design, and the engagement on this tweet isn’t proof enough that she has what it takes? Bring her in for an interview!
— Elle 💌 (@ElleGetsItDone) March 10, 2020
Twitter employees are telling their colleagues to look out for me and I- 🥺. I know the first set of tweets are buried rn so shoutout to all my followers that helped my resume land and all these timelines. Thank you for believing in me. 💜
— 👩🏾💻 (@_kyrajay) March 10, 2020
@_kyrajay you got my attention! Sent you a DM. The power of the global conversation continues! #LoveWhereYouWork #jointheflock https://t.co/EUzgN7bXNC
— hilary walker (@hilswalker) March 11, 2020
[via Kyra Jay, images via various sources]
