CEOs without degrees

[burbuja0512]

Since I've worked in sales for so many years, I always wondered why qualified applicants didn't do more to find me. After all, your job in many sales positions is to find the decision-maker.

Once, when I didn't have an active position open, I had a sales person looking for a job somehow find me and I was very impressed. He got through to my office phone and was extremely polite, just inquiring whether I'd be hiring soon because he was interested in working at my company. I was so so sad that I didn't have anything. I even told him about a few positions in other divisions and offered to introduce him.

I think today's candidate has to get creative like that... but it's hard to do so without coming off as pushy or weird. (Like the people that make the really crazy resumes - looks super cool, but what does a traditional hiring manager think?) As mentioned above, it's all about a bright person being at the right place and time.