(For the recent grads)
Jennifer Johnson and I were once talking about small towns and resumes and how to get a job in advertising, and she told me that what makes you different is sometimes more important than internships and grades. "What if you baked the biggest cookie in Iowa? You should put that on your resume. People are like, wow, the biggest cookie in Iowa? How did you do that? You'd have to find a recipe, and find an oven big enough, and a way to maneuver the dough... I'm always going to want to talk to the kid who baked the biggest cookie in Iowa over the kid with the 4.0 GPA."
4 comments:
I remember talking to JJ about the exact same thing and could not agree more.
Love it! Great advice.
Speaking of... she was voted Best Faculty Member in the Grapevine Awards for the Minnesota Daily. Just sayin...
There's something connecting about chocolate chip cookies...just ask Cookie Monster. I remember accepting a job at a place and received a chocolate chip cookie gram with balloons. The cookie was 2 feet wide. Ok, not as big as Iowa (maybe Ottumwa) but I still miss that place after 15 years.
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