Free food brings people together
Today, at every Denny’s across the country there were lines and lines of people. Why? Because of free food. Denny’s in a fun marketing campaign centered around superbowl ads, decided to give every person a free Grand Slam breakfast today. When I saw the ad on Sunday, I happened to be sitting next to a friend who’s company recently filed for bankruptcy and fired everyone. (It turns out you don’t get pay out for your PTO in these situations, so watch out!)
At which point I realized we should go together, and invite the other unemployed people we know. Let’s be serious, we aren’t doing anything else more important, and waiting in line can be entertaining. We had five people join us for the meeting of the unemployed and hungry.
It was amazing how much help we could be for each other. Kyla is a former HR person so she’s incredibly knowledgeable about the application game. She taught us about the importance of reading the post and responding with exact level of experience desired, even if it’s a stretch, simply to get into the real applicant pool. I will be getting her my old roommate who works as a recruiting manger to talk to about next steps in her HR career.
I connected Loren with a contact of mine that works for the Ant Farm to talk about trailer marketing. Then we offered to give Uti leads for teacing jobs at private schools where we know deans/assistant deans.
We all listened to what each of us was looking for and will be keeping an eye out. Now I just need to find the next free meal to host another group at. Is it wrong to meet at Cafe 50’s for free foor pajama night?
