- By Shailvee Tiwari
- Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:02 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Viral Reddit Post: Instead of sending out a regular resume filled with details, this job seeker decided to keep it short, bold, and hilarious. His resume was only half printed, showing just a part of his face and a simple career objective at the top. The rest of the page? Completely blank, except for one striking message in the middle: “Hire me to unlock full potential.” At the top, the objective read: “To be part of your company wherein I can enhance my skills and gain more knowledge as well as develop my personality as a career person.” But beyond that, there was no list of qualifications, no experience, just a smart tagline that left people impressed and amused.
The creative move caught everyone's attention online. Social media users praised the man for thinking outside the box, calling it a “brilliant idea” and “perfect example of showing confidence with humor.” Some even joked that this level of creativity should be enough to land him a job right away.
Watch The Viral Post:
Resume printed halfway and said: 'Hire me to unlock full potential.' 😂
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Reddit users were quick to react to the viral post. "After the "things should work without having to buy a subscription before using the service I bought the hardware for.." thread, this looked to me like the guy was in the middle of printing his resume and the printer paused to tell him to pay it to print the rest," a user wrote. "I won't even pretend this isn't one of the most clever things I have seen in ages. If I were a recruiter, I'd 100% be giving you a call for an interview. Might not hire you, but that got you right into my office, without question," a second user added.
"You guys won't believe this, but sometimes when someone posts something meant to be funny, you can just laugh or not laugh without deliberating on how realistic it is," added a third user. "Sometimes you really have to wonder if they're genuinely stupid, or if they're screwing up on purpose in order to stay on unemployment benefits while not having to work and still technically fulfilling the requirement to look for a job," added another user.
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"Cute but doubtful if this will be effective, while a recruiter is getting beaten over the head for not hiring someone, you just put the offer of more work for a potential positive outcome when talent is rife at this time," a fifth user added. "Love. Love. Love. Will I ever use this tactic in this economy? Absolutely not, but for those of us who have a surplus of safety nets?! By all means, give these recruiters HELL, boo," another user added.