Experienced MIT Grad for Hire

**Alonzo** · 06-24-2008, 10:58 PM

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A man in a pinstriped suit, blue button-down shirt, and a silk tie stood in front of the Charles Schwab building at 50th Street and Park Avenue. He looked like any other investment banker on his way to lunch, except for the sign he had draped on his shoulders: "Experienced MIT Graduate for Hire." Joshua Persky is unemployed.

"It's a very difficult market," Mr. Persky said. "I lost my job six months ago, and more and more commercial banks have starting letting people off. Instead of sitting at home, writing e-mails and networking, I decided to come out and hit the streets and try to compete a little."

Mr. Persky, whose wife issued a press release to reporters announcing his plan, will be passing out resumes during lunch hour all of this week. Besides graduating from MIT, he most recently worked as an investment banking consultant for Houlihan Lokey. He said he is looking for work to support his five children.

"Our lease is up next week, and the kids and my wife are moving to Nebraska, where she grew up," Mr. Persky said.

He will stay in New York, get a sublet, and continue to look for a job if this week's ploy doesn't pan out.

This is not the first time a well-educated, unemployed person has peddled employers. In 2002, Nadine Orosa, who had an MBA from Wharton and 10 years' banking experience, worked with a group of other unemployed professionals, pushed her resume into the hands of strangers on the streets of Manhattan, and landed a job interview the first day of her campaign.

Yesterday, investment bankers and managers walked by Mr. Persky; some didn't notice him, but others did.

"I handed out a stack of resumes," Mr. Persky said. "I get a lot of smiles, and that's what keeps me going. The reaction has been really nice. A couple of people have shown some interest."

http://www.nysun.com/business/out-of...-search/80563/

Pookie · 06-25-2008, 03:58 AM

Geez. So it's gotten this bad? Crap, I knew it was hard to find a job around here, but wow! I happened to be in the right place at the right time at my new job, but holy crap.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose. Who said that? I can't remember.
Purrs,
Pookie

Milton Bradley · 06-25-2008, 05:30 AM

Heh, I'm just glad the pain is making itself felt above the "middle class" this time.

Take that you likely Republican!

It's about time you're own policies bit you in the ass personally.

firefox · 06-25-2008, 06:11 AM

I've been looking for work for a month now if that makes anyone feel better. I have a BA from somewhere that's not MIT (IMHO, better ;P)

Milton Bradley · 06-25-2008, 06:39 AM

A vote for either of the two big parties equals more of the same. More NAFTA, and more outsourcing.

Be the first on your block to sanction the disenfranchisement!

Osborn F. Enready · 06-25-2008, 04:22 PM

When I saw that article I was laughing.....

Why laughing?

Well, I have been suffering like that since the blue collar workers took it in the ass in the 90's..... now the white collar boys are being treated the same way by their multi-national corporate masters.....

Welcome to the club of the disenfranchised, dude.