Some resumes are boring. Some are too flashy, then there’s one that just… stops halfway. Literally.
One job seeker has managed to break the internet and possibly every HR software filter out there with a resume that boldly or perhaps confusingly cuts off mid-page, ending with a dramatic plea: “Hire me to unlock my full potential.”
Yes, you read that right. No job experience. No contact info. Just the top half of a professional headshot, a vague career objective, and a whole lot of whitespace.
The kind of whitespace that screams either “bold marketing genius” or “printer ran out of ink at the worst possible moment.”
This bizarre application first appeared on the ever-entertaining subreddit r/recruitinghell, and the title said it all – “Resume printed halfway and said: Hire me to unlock full potential.”
It quickly became viral fuel, with Redditors jumping in with jokes, memes, and a surprising amount of admiration.
“They’re going to email you back a lootbox that has a 0.01% chance of containing an offer,” wrote one user, blending gamer humor with the bleak reality of job hunting. Another speculated that the printer simply “paused to ask for payment,” summing up the worldwide frustration with office printers that seem sentient enough to ruin lives.
But beyond the jokes, there was genuine intrigue. A few people in the comments actually praised the creativity, calling it one of the cleverest stunts they’d seen in ages.
“If I were a recruiter, I’d 100% be giving you a call for an interview. Might not hire you, but that got you right into my office, without question,” one user said.
Which, let’s be honest, is more than most applicants get these days.
The top part of the resume, the only part we can see, includes a pretty generic career objective:
“To be part of your company wherein I can enhance my skills and gain more knowledge as well as develop my personality as a career person.”
That last part, “develop my personality as a career person,” feels like it was ghostwritten by ChatGPT during a low-power moment. But hey, it somehow fits the theme.
Of course, some were skeptical. A few eagle-eyed Redditors pointed out that there’s no contact information on the resume, meaning it wouldn’t even make it past an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), let alone reach a human recruiter. One commenter nailed it with, “This was made and edited for meme purposes, that’s about it.”
Still, you can’t help but admire the audacity. In a world where AI writes resumes, hiring algorithms ghost you, and job listings want five years’ experience for an entry-level role, maybe a little weirdness is exactly what we need. Maybe the best way to stand out is to do something so unusual, people can’t stop talking about it.
Now, whether it worked or not is still a mystery. Did someone actually hire the guy? Did he get an interview? Did his printer ever recover from this existential mid-page crisis?
We may never know.
But it highlights how job hunting has become a circus. From endless rejection emails to personality tests that feel like the SATs, it’s no wonder people are turning to memes and bold stunts to get noticed. Some see it as creative. Others see it as desperate, and most of us just see it as sad-funny reality.
From the job seeker’s perspective, this could’ve been an intentional move a way to stand out in a sea of sameness. From a recruiter’s side, it might signal a red flag… or maybe a green light, depending on how desperate they are to fill the role. But to the average human with common sense? It’s just another weird moment in our already surreal job market.
So, how do we solve this?
Maybe stop letting bots filter every resume. Let humans be humans, even weird ones. Also, reward a little creativity without demanding five internships and a Nobel Prize.
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