Finding a job especially during the pandemic has been tough for many across the world. But a jobseeker from London took a chance and found a unique way to get his CV noticed. He took a traditional way and put up all his details on a board put it up at the tube station for everyone to see.?
This guy named Haider Malik?decided to head to Canary Wharf so that he could find a job for himself in finance and banking.?
The 24-year-old got a degree in Banking & Finance from Middlesex University. However, he had been searching for a role since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, but got really frustrated as the Zoom interviews weren't able to showcase his true personality.?
So, after all the frustration, he got inspired by his father?Mehmood Malik, a retired cab driver who migrated from Pakistan to London and decided to look for a job in his own way. He stuck QR codes on a board he bought from a stationery shop in Romford so people could easily view his CV and LinkedIn profile.?
However, when he arrived at the bustling Zone 2 station at 6.45 am, he started getting nervous as the crowds walked by him.?
He told MyLondon: “The first five minutes or 10 minutes I felt nervous because I was standing there empty-handed. I found it really awkward. I didn't know what I was doing, I found it really weird. I had all my CVs in my bag. I was standing there empty handed trying to look at people and hoping to meet people rather than being proactive and speaking to them.”
Soon, he tried another way and started greeting people and engaging with them. This helped him.?
He said: “I held my CV in my hand and I was just saying good morning to people, just trying to engage people in a conversation. A lot of people gave me their cards, they gave me their phone numbers, and started talking to me.”
He had given out all his CVs within an hour of arriving at the station and by 9.30 am, he received a message asking him to come to an interview for a role as a Treasury Analyst at the Canary Wharf Group.??
He took the interview and after that, he realised that his work has gone viral. He said, “For the first three days my phone was non-stop ringing, it never stopped ringing and LinkedIn was really busy.“It was going crazy and I had to have my family help me to respond to DMs and get in contact with people.”
He then again got an interview and got the job the same day.?
Isn't this inspiring??
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