July 29, 2003
WILL WORK WITH FOOD
Great story today in the Wall Street Journal about novel techniques people have used to find jobs.
Doughnut man: Kevin Wynn whetted a hiring manager's appetite for his candidacy by driving 350 miles to buy and deliver Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
In May 2002, the 33-year-old unemployed man hoped to become assistant media-relations director of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., where he lives. He thought the popular pastry might help, but the nearest store was in New York. Around 2:00 one morning, he headed there to buy a fresh batch of Original Glazed.
By 9:30, he was handing a box of doughnuts, with his resume and cover letter attached, to Patricia Samson, his potential supervisor. "Some things are hard to find, like Krispy Kreme doughnuts in New England, and a public-relations professional with an engineering and technology background," the letter stated. "Now you have both."
Ms. Samson, a Krispy Kreme fan, says she hired Mr. Wynn because his creative gesture "was the kind of thinking I was looking for."
On an unrelated note. I wonder what Willie Nelson, pictured above, would do for a hot Krispy Kreme right about the time his munchies kick in after a show.