December 18, 2008
Blogging for Job Offers
KyNam Doan wants a job.
And he’s taking some unique steps to find one.
Mr. Doan, a San Francisco native and 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, has launched a blog that will chronicle his efforts to find a job in marketing at a nonprofit group in the Bay Area.
But he’s not stopping there.
Mr. Doan has pledged to donate five hours as a volunteer to any nonprofit group that offers him a job interview. He’s also planning to volunteer an additional hour per job interview at the San Francisco Food Bank and is donating a minute of his time for every unique visitor who comes to his Web site.
The effort is already paying off for Mr. Doan — and for San Francisco nonprofit groups.
His blog says that he has already received four job interviews, which means that he will donate 20 volunteer hours to those groups and another four hours to the San Francisco Food Bank.
Mr. Doan also says he has had 555 visitors to his site, which means he is on the hook for nearly 10 hours of additional volunteer time.
We’ll be keeping an eye on his effort in the coming weeks to monitor the results.
Here’s Mr. Doan talking about his project in his own words:
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Neat idea. (Wish I had thought of it.).
— Scott Petty Dec 18, 02:40 PM #
Thank you Peter, for the coverage. I actually have not been here in a while, and so will take the time to explore :)
Best,
KyNam
— KyNam Doan Dec 18, 03:49 PM #