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A UCD GRADUATE whose ‘alternative CV’ went viral and collected over 115,000 views around the world has landed him a job with Twitter.
Jordan McDonnell attracted interest from employers around the world after his slideshow resumé went global – but ultimately resulted in him receiving three jobs offers in his home town of Dublin.
Having received job offers from all over the world – which are still coming in – Jordan will start a new role as an account manager with Twitter in its Dublin office next Monday.
“I’ll be in charge of the portfolio of clients that use Twitter for advertising,” McDonnell told TheJournal.ie, “helping them on their needs and how they can optimise their usage of Twitter.”
26-year-old McDonnell had uploaded his alternative CV while working as a financial analyst in the Netherlands, hoping to change career as his contract with his previous employer was ending.
Not having any experience in more creative fields like marketing, he decided the best way to showcase his abilities was by giving his CV a new lease of life.
And rather than needing to send his alternative CV to prospective employers, the employers came to him – with McDonnell admitting that he had not actually applied for any jobs since the slideshow resumé had taken off.
In fact, the recruiters who ultimately gave him his job didn’t even see the CV themselves – but rather had someone else send it on when they quipped about how CVs had become staid and boring.
My manager was sitting in a room, going through CVs, and went on Twitter to say, ‘Guys, get your act together – stop sending me four-page CVs with spelling mistakes!’One of his followers sent him back to me saying, ‘I don’t suppose this guy has any hope so!’, because my CV had 33 pages altogether.
He laughed, liked it, and then sent me a DM saying, ‘Expect an email’. Within a few hours he had made contact and I was invited back to meet him.
McDonnell – who has both Bachelors and Masters degrees from UCD – said he had also been contacted by recruiters from the US and Australia, but that ultimately he had to choose between three roles with three major online companies, each of which has offices in Dublin.
“It’s been a whirlwind,” he admitted, saying he was looking forward to his first day.
McDonnell admitted he was “baffled” by how his presentation had taken off, and says contact has also come from other job-hunters expressing their admiration.
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Best not to say how old you are. The government will probably find a way to demand more tax
@Marc Power: Agreed, They want us plebs to work until 70 while they swan off at 50 with numerous pensions and directorships.
@Marc Power: In fairness Marc they do need to know how many extra trolleys to order for our hospitals…………..
@David Huston:
Once again, since about 2011 a government minister cannot receive more than one pension related to the highest position they attained and not until they get to normal retirement age.
Directorships are a matter for a company and not paid for the taxpayer.
Maybe you didn’t know but it seems a lot of commenters throw out statements like yours, a flat out lie, in the hope it cons a few “plebs”
@P.J. Nolan: Enda Kenny’s pension pot would have cost a private sector worker €5.2 million. Excessive by any standards.
@Sean:
Agreed, his pension is related to his salary and that salary was too high.
might reach the 100-and get the cheque from the government.
@TheBluffmaster2: it would probably bounce frame it instead
@Jonathan Power: I’d frame it, Might be worth something in a thousand years all going well……
@Jonathan Power: well I don’t think Michael D will be giving it to me anyway.
While Nanny State says No Smoking! No Drinking! No Gambling! No Drugs! Just DIE as we can’t afford you to live beyond you’re TAXABLE Years.
@B.J.Elmes: No Gambling? No Drinking? What State do you live in?
healthy life years??? tbh there’s nothing healthy about society these days,,, you’ll have 120 year olds addicted to social media etc when the average human age reaches that, IF it does!!!
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