My Tipping Point

It has been a year since I went out to Park Avenue wearing a sign board and this came out today:

www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/200907/joshua-persky-failure

Here is a glimpse of what happened to me during the past year:

Post-employment (latest at bottom of this list, before "Pre-employment" list)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28522597

http://www.forbes.com/leadership/careers/2008/12/29/extreme-job-hunting-lead_cz_np_1229career.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sandwichman24-2008dec24,0,3712699,full.story

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4BI5ZJ20081219

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/after-unusual-hunt-ex-banker-lands-a-job/?scp=1&sq=joshua%20persky&st=cse

http://www.wpix.com/landing/?MIT-Grad-For-Hire-Lands-Dream-Job=1&blockID=159443&feedID=1404 (video)

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112008/news/regionalnews/better_sign_of_times_143653.htm

http://www.nypost.com/photos/galleries/news/nationalnews/pp_20081231_top_ten_stories/photo09.htm

http://www.wcbs880.com/Poster-Boy-for-Unemployment-Finds-a-Job/3442771 (audio)

 

http://www.pehub.com/25800/sandwich-board-job-hunter-gets-hired/

 

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/one-sandwich-board-guy-gets-a-job

 

http://samsklub.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-cool-blog.html

 

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/sandwich-boarders-getting-hired

 

http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/3407

 

http://mikes-random-musings.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-surfing.html

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/09/sandwich-board-guy-gets-a_n_149683.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/12/the_recession_is_over.html

http://www.prweekus.com/10-PR-stunts-that-would-make-PT-Barnum-proud/article/123127/

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/11/america/NA-US-Sign-of-the-Times.php

http://american-tigress.blog.sohu.com/106356894.html

http://finance.sina.com.cn/j/20081119/18005527740.shtml

http://dennisandzoe.blogspot.com/2009/01/joshua-persky-gets-job-again.html

http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/12/1/1/802910/1.html

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/20081211/sign-stunt-pays-off-for-laid-off-nyc-man.htm

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20081211&id=9444637

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1214023

http://www.ysdata.com/blogger/joshua-persky-got-a-job-with-weiser-llp/146

http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/sandwich-board-banker-finds-work/275360

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/tell_us_staten_islands_biggest.html

http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=30135

http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2008-12-19-persky-job_N.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28317411/

http://mr6.cc/?p=2639

http://breaking-news-worldwide.com/item-america-us_news-mit_grad_hire_advice_job-2537247.html

http://www.nownews.com/2008/12/29/11493-2384877.htm

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.sandwichman28dec28,0,1548966.story

http://abajournal.com/news/after_1-year_hunt_job_search_ends_for_laid-off_investment_banker/

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/YearInReview/Story?id=6524126&page=2

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/151831/What-a-Year-Tech-Ticker-Highlights-from-2008?tickers=%5Edji,%5Egspc,%5Eixic,dia,spy,qqqq (near end of video)

http://newsfromamericas.blogspot.com/2009/01/most-viewed-stories-of-2008-on-new-york.html

http://www.financialpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=1160119

http://provokator.eu/innovative-new-york-jobseeker-scores-weiser-employment

http://finanse.wp.pl/kat,86154,title,Ekstremalne-poszukiwanie-pracy,wid,10743801,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=17519

http://www.talentbar.com/profiles/blogs/lost-your-job-get-creative

http://www.cio.com/article/475715/How_a_Job_Search_Led_Jason_Alba_to_Start_JibberJobber_?page=3

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/258382/339/2731191/Perskys-neuer-Job.html

http://paofeng.pixnet.net/blog/post/25403019

http://www.employmentmetrix.com/blog/2009/02/extreme-job-hunting.html

http://www.nettavisen.no/jobb/article2530948.ece

http://www.nownews.com/2009/02/04/11493-2396671.htm

http://www.fishdogs.com/2009/02/how-far-would-you-go-to-get-hired.html

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/11slid1-do-not-blame-h-1b-workers-for-us-woes.htm

http://mr6.cc/?p=2737

http://www.nownews.com/2009/02/04/11493-2396671.htm

http://getagoodjobtw.pixnet.net/blog/post/25754501

http://tech.163.com/09/0305/21/53M37OPA0009387N.html

http://www.oyag.com/rewrite.php/read-630.html

http://blog.163.com/la_chine@126/blog/static/798017102008112853958359/

http://www.brain.com.tw/News/NewsPublicContent.aspx?ID=11962

http://chentselin.pixnet.net/blog/post/26499560

http://www.cheezhead.com/2009/03/10/personal-branding-in-a-20-recession/

http://925.nl/archief/2009/03/11/crisis-vraagt-om-showgedrag

http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?message=1412109

http://www.ifengwo.com/wangluoguanggao/200903/14-51996.html

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cindy3854335/22577097

http://jobsinthemoney.blogspot.com/2009/03/our-take-be-visible-not-desperate.html

http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/03/21/actualidad/1237650898_093587.html

http://dartmouthcareerservices.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-wanted-hybrid-job-opportunities.html

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover29-2009mar29,0,4601180.story?page=2

http://ravikantshrm99.blogspot.com/2009/04/poorest-banker-on-richest.html

http://kumawatjaiveer-jaiveer.blogspot.com/2009/04/mitsloan-graduate-and-exinvestment.html

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/hire-me-please-440827/;_ylt=AhjnoAXduBvbeOS1cZcZUkKifqU5

http://much-learn.blogspot.com/2009/04/job-hunting-in-troubled-jungle.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK2ZMP0PI8M17IA

http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/perspectives/stay-positive-be-creative-job-hunt-105

http://alum.mit.edu/news/AlumniNews/Archive/career_transitions.jsp

http://damselindelinquency.blogspot.com/2009/05/greed-thy-name-is-man.html

http://career-advancement.suite101.com/article.cfm/fired_bankers_reinventing_themselves

http://blog.alstin.com/?p=507

http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/05/21/extreme-job-hunt-applicants-ditch-resumes-for-guerilla-tactics/

http://www.minyanville.com/articles/C-bac-economy-EBAY-wfc-finance/index/a/23135/from/home

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=MY&date=20090617&id=10030190

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/200907/joshua-persky-failure

 

Pre-employment:

Television, Video

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2008/07/06/santhiran.intv.persky.job.cnn

http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/news/2008/06/27/news.MIT.062608.cnnmoney

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25375822#25375822

http://www.foxnews.com/video/?playerId=videolandingpage&referralObject=1893936

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/about_us/MIT_Grad_Wears_Sign_Asking_For_Job

http://www.blinkx.com/video/ex-banker-hits-streets-for-new-job/vB9NoP7iUVULIRBRHZD-dw

http://www.blinkx.com/video/sign-of-the-times-unusual-job-hunt-for-mit-grad/nmxYRuHmDn068vXg1nmIEA

Newspapers, Magazines, Blogs and Others (latest at bottom)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/business/04wall.html

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/an-ex-bankers-unusual-job-pitch/

http://www.nysun.com/business/out-of-work-banker-employs-unusual-job-search

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1032002620080711

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/04/business/job.php

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2008-06-24-for-hire-sign_N.htm

http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/2472186.php?

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-07/14/content_6845348.htm

http://bbs2.worldn.media.daum.net/gaia/do/photo/read?bbsId=201&articleId=241279

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4620363a4560.html

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/wallstreet.html

http://tn.nova.cz/red/zajimavosti/nema-praci-tak-nosi-inzerat-na-vlastnim-tele.html

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/9365373.asp?gid=196&sz=34089

http://www.taloussanomat.fi/ulkomaat/2008/07/11/wall-streetilta-saa-toita-enaa-feissaamalla/200818293/12

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/yourbusiness/story.html?id=5299e782-7767-4715-a42c-fba39bd711dd

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=124872

http://jtlservices.blogspot.com/2008/06/ultimate-american-job-board.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/its_official_rush_limbaugh_wil.html

http://notizie.efinancialcareers.it/Debate_ITEM/newsItemId-14394

http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080711/REG/96521775/1028

http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/08/01/joshua-persky-desperate/

http://dealbreaker.com/2008/06/unemployed_banker_wears_mit_gr.php

http://www.talkstocktrading.com/what-becomes-of-unemployed-investment-bankers/

http://www.whatbusinesstodo.com/blogs/joshua_persky

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/despite-new-fame-job-hunt-continues-for-ex-banker/

http://daily.iflove.com/photo//2008-07/11/content_6838335.htm

http://www.cityfile.com/dailyfile/601

http://www.daylife.com/photo/04hnbq85gb8nr/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology

http://valleywag.com/5019722/mit-graduate-will-work-for-food

http://www.analystforum.com/phorums/read.php?1,792634

http://patrickmurthasdiary.blogspot.com/2008/06/joshua-persky.html

http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Joshua-Persky-Sandwhich-Board-Wall-St-Banker

http://www.investmentbankeronlife.com/2008/06/then-and-now.html

http://technorati.com/posts/icPc%2BKrD6ez2FPzT664642z8bd6uUju%2BOShi2VcVMzA%3D

http://www.cnbc.com/id/26043164

http://fray.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/1540397.aspx

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a6h1pur72rok

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081600021_2.html

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/08/17/wall_streets_unemployed_look_to_cupcakes_omaha/

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=16&art_id=70279&sid=20230556&con_type=1&d_str=&fc=1

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/15/when-wall-street-gets-bloody-the-tough-make-cupcakes/print/

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/new-money/2008/08/21/laid-off-wall-streeters-bartending-baking-cupcakes.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/business/walljobs.php

http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/amerique/plus-d-etat-ou-moins-d-impots_554940.html

http://www.welt.de/wams_print/article2406796/Bankerdaemmerung-in-New-York.html

http://www.pehub.com/3089/unemployed-wall-streeter-mildly-famous-but-still-unemployed/

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/09/14/2008-09-14_layoffs_in_financial_market_hurt_city.html

http://www2.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?CDID=A-8321766-10342&KPLT=2

http://www.laidoff101.com/2008/09/joshua-persky/

http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/wirtschaft/news/617085/US-Banker-Nehme-jeden-Job.html

http://www.iddmagazine.com/news/185759-1.html

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/finanzen/8/311927/text/

http://blogs.reuters.com/trading-places/2008/09/26/a-time-for-change/

http://www.glamwire.com/articles/2008/10/04/investment-banker-for-hire-the-oracle-of-new-york

http://rayrlam08.blogspot.com/2008/10/layoffs-in-financial-market-hurt-city.html

http://www.bauernebel-nyc.at/

http://blog.panorama.it/economia/2008/10/07/i-riciclati-di-wall-street-una-vita-nuova-dopo-il-crac/

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20081016&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=11725583

http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/unternehmen/:Finanzkrise-Der-American-Dream-/643075.html

http://www.pascalfischer.de/WP/?p=87

http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?CDID=A-8718032-13406&KPLT=2

http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/edicoes/584/artigo118323-1.htm (post employment!)

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Laura now has a couple of part-time marketing jobs that pay a lot less and both she and I are looking for full-time positions. A consultant helped me re-write and, as he put it, “get the gray out“ of my resume, because I am now 50. We cut it down to one page, popped a photo of me on top, removed the date of my graduation from Princeton, and made it eminently more readable.

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