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Turning in job applications for food places & retail spaces, I often feel pressure to purchase something while handing off a resume as a matter of course. The times I haven't done this, I feel like I may as well drop the crisply printed copy of my sum experience into the trash can instead.
On Thursday I went to apply at Love At First Bite, a small cupcakery in Berkeley and following my usual regimen, ordered a coconut cupcake while applying for their recently posted counter position. To my pleasant surprise, Pat (the bakery's owner & very nice lady) offered me a complimentary cupcake in exchange for my application. As by now I've learned, this is not customary in other such places and I so appreciated her respectful gesture, a subtle nod to my lack of income, that I tipped her a dollar. The little exchange put me in a lovely mood the rest of the day.
By the way, that 80's-issue athletic themed Pee-Chee folder is my new resume holster and I rather like it...
**EEK! Not five minutes after posting, Pat called me for an interview....EEK!
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3 comments:
whoa! good luck!
just out of curiosity, is the formula
buy cupcake, hand over resume
or
resume, cupcake?
It's the latter: buy cupcake, then mention you're also looking for a job. Butter them up, no pun intended...
oh do keep us updated on that sweet (heh) prospect!!!
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