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://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://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://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://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://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://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.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://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.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/15/when-wall-street-gets-bloody-the-tough-make-cupcakes/print/
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.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://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://blog.panorama.it/economia/2008/10/07/i-riciclati-di-wall-street-una-vita-nuova-dopo-il-crac/
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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Posted by: koreanbeat.co.jp | September 13, 2013 at 08:31 AM
It’s great to hear from you and follow your story. I just signed-up to get your feed via email, by the way. You continue to be an inspiration. In fact, I was just thinking about you yesterday when the photographer was here. Here’s our story:
After being laid-off, myself, at the end of 2007 I got the idea from my wife, Laura, to start a small business in rain water harvesting called Rain2o.com at http://www.rain2o.com . Our primary product is a downspout diverter – the thing that gets your rain water from your downspout to your rain barrel.
At the beginning of 2009, Laura was laid-off from her company; she started with the company when there were only 5 employees and when she was laid off it had grown to 150. The founder had always told her – unasked, unprompted – that she would always have a job with his company; as a way to rationalize his ultimate decision, he said that he could keep three junior people at the price of her salary; she had become the senior VP for marketing and expendable.
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.
Laura subscribed to the marketing section of the job-hunting site The Ladders. They were interested in hearing from married couples that were both looking for jobs at the same time. Laura responded and was interviewed and yesterday a professional photographer arrived to photograph us at home with our children and those photos will be added to the story appearing in the next week or two on their site.
That’s where we are: still looking, looking every day, and keeping each other upbeat and positive. I’ll send you the link to our story when it comes out.
Posted by: Charles Gosse | July 12, 2009 at 05:34 AM