The “Wendy Davis” method of resume enhancement.
These are desperate times.
In a shaky economy, companies tend to be especially risk-averse. The creative guy who behaves unpredictably? Not so much demand for that.
This stuff is creative, but I wouldn’t give a borderline candidate an interview because of it.
He should try “gay” erotica, betcha that would work!
It was difficult enough to get a resume read during ‘the old normal’ times. In these current times, the competition in many locales is massively greater.
20,000 lined up to get applications for the new Walmarts opening in the DC area, for example.
I recall at several companies during the 80s and 90s the personnel department could collect applications and resumes, toss them into a box, and have the janitorial person toss the box into the trash at the end of the day. When companies get inundated with applications and resumes, they don’t take the time to read them. They might pull a half-dozen or so out of the stack eventually, but most end up in File 13.
In the 1980s I noticed a trend of companies using personnel from temp agencies. In some cases, they only needed the person short term. In other cases, they might offer the ‘temp’ a full time job after a while. The companies used the temp agencies as screeners. That made it easier for the company to ‘return’ an incompetent ‘temp’ without the potential threat of a lawsuit.
Here is the one sentence on a resume that has proven to be 100% effective in getting an applicant the job they always wanted!
“My Dad owns the company.”
For government jobs it’s
“My Dad is the Director of this department.”