To stand out in a competitive market, one Gen Zer even decided to hit the streets of Wall Street with a sign advertising he’s ready to work.
Instead of sticking with a banner on his LinkedIn profile and applying to open roles on the platform, hoping for the best—which he says “sucks” as a strategy—25-year-old Sam Rabinowitz stood out in front of the New York Stock Exchange with a posterboard reading: “Tried LinkedIn. Tried Email. Now Trying Wall Street. Looking for a Finance/Trading Internship or Entry-Level Position. Dedicated. Hungry. Ready to Work.” He spent $136 on the custom board with only $700 left in his checking account.
“I ended up thinking, ‘How do I get my name out there? How can I maybe make this happen in the next week?’ I wasn’t trying to make it happen in a couple months, I was trying to make it happen overnight,” Rabinowitz tells Fortune. “I needed it to happen now—I’m running out of money, it’s the time. When fear and anxiety happens, it just pushes you.”
It had been three years since Rabinowitz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Florida Atlantic University back in May 2022, but the Gen Zer has had no luck landing his dream job after applying to more than 1,000 roles.
