Scott EmpringhamAI Marketing Strategist | Helping CEOs Scale with AI

Day 43/100 – DON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Scott Empringham recounting how a creative job-application tactic led to his first job. He describes sending resumes with a blank cover sheet addressed only with a single initial ("S.") or the hiring manager's name (Brandon) to provoke curiosity; some recipients were annoyed but most were intrigued and called to interview, which resulted in his first hire. Recorded/posted as "Day 43/100 – DON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER" (Oct 7, 2024).

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I sent out my resume and, you know, I'm a gypsum miner and in transportation business. And like, who's going to hire that guy? Even then I was marketing. So, yeah, I started sending resumes. And if I found out that Brandon was the hiring guy on Big Black Felt Tip Market, I would print out my resume with a blank cover sheet. I'd say, brandon, take a look at this guy heard good things. S. Brandon would see it go s. And, you know, I didn't know. But then you look at my resume and then I get a call and two types of calls came in. One was like, so are you S? I am. And they'd be pissed. Really? But that was like the 10%, the 90%. Like, that's pretty creative. Well, I was trying to figure out who S was. Yeah, it got my attention. And so I'm calling, so let's have the interview. And. And that led me to my first job.