Craig Quinn, head of sales at Yorkshire-based online printer instantprint was in for a jumbo surprise when he started going through applications for roles on the team recently.
Among the traditional A4 envelopes and email applications was an unusually thick piece of mail, which on opening and unfolding, revealed itself to be a huge CV printed on A0-sized poster paper, usually beloved of club promoters and fly poster gangs.
“Sales is a competitive role to get into, and as one of the UK’s largest printers, we receive hundreds of applications when new roles go live,” Quinn said. “When I received David’s CV and I began unrolling it, I thought that there was no way this candidate wasn’t getting an interview.”
The stand-out application was from 26-year-old (recently appointed) business development executive David Wright, who had been inspired by a previous candidate for the printer’s marketing team. Wright, who uprooted from Ireland and moved to Rotherham for the role said: “I remembered seeing instantprint in the news a while back because a candidate had successfully applied for a marketing role by flyering the car park, and I thought ‘what a great idea!’. I wanted my application to make a big statement just like that one had and what’s bigger and bolder than a giant CV?”
Quinn agreed and promptly invited Wright for an interview, after which he was offered, and accepted the job: “David’s application did more than grab my attention,” said the sales boss. “It showed that he’d researched the brand, and that he had the right attitude, drive to succeed and sense of humour to fit the team perfectly. I can’t wait to see what ideas he brings to the table.”
The company added that it has received more than 60 applications for the business development executive role, and is still looking for more to join the team, although David has set the CV bar extremely high. Or at least large.
