25-year-old got a job by mailing in her resume and a 'cringy' note: 'Everyone was impressed,' says the boss who hired her

Camille K. Manaois got a job by mailing her resume to companies she wanted to work for. With an envelope and a stamp. In 2025.

At a time when many job seekers liken the search to hurling applications into a black hole, going old-school helped Manaois get hers in front of an actual person.

The 25-year-old — today a senior social media account executive at communications agency Carma Connected — had begun looking for roles around mid-May, while still employed elsewhere, to no avail. She had worked in social media and marketing project management in architecture and real estate but was looking to switch industries.

“I did all the traditional things,” she tells CNBC Make It. “I tried everything I thought was going to work.”

She looked for jobs on LinkedIn, even paying for a premium account. She applied there and on other popular job boards, or directly on the companies’ websites whenever possible. She followed up on submitted applications with prospective employers. But she wasn’t getting any traction.