Rob Crozier has been on roughly 30 job interviews in the past few years. He’s ready and willing to work, but he just hasn’t been able to find the right job.
Despite having a bachelor’s and master’s degree in psychology, a respectable resume, experience working as a school counselor and substitute teacher, he is still looking. His ideal career choice would be working as a school counselor, following in the footsteps of Barbara Brescia-Pitts, who was his guidance counselor at Armstrong Middle School in Bristol Township when he was a child. He knows he could also handle being a project manager, human resources professional or recruiter among other things.
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“I’ve applied for jobs through the traditional path,” Crozier, a husband and father of two young children, told LevittownNow.com this week. “I need to find something that pays substantially more,” he said, referring to his current job as a substitute teacher.
This week he took his job search to the next level. He dressed in a suit, traveled by train to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, handed out his resume and spoke to anyone who would listen.
Crozier got the station at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and walked the commuter corridors until noon. In total, he gave out 30 resumes, got business cards and contact information from passerbys, he said.
Click here to see Crozier’s resume
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“I walked away with a sense of how much random strangers care. I really was surprised by how many people reached out,” he reflected, noting he thinks he got some promising leads during his short time at the transportation hub. “I met a recruiter, two CEOs and a few people took pictures.”
Crozier said the spark for the idea came from research about unique ways job seekers could get themselves noticed.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a year. I just wasn’t sure about the location,” the Bristol Township native and current Falls Township resident said. He said he spoke with his wife about holding up a sign that stated “objective: career” at a busy intersection in Center City, Philadelphia before settling on 30th Street Station.
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The 35 year old said he didn’t get too worked up before he went to the transportation hub that carries regional and national travelers.
After the positive experience with new contacts made and lessons learned, Crozier said he plans to hit 30th Street Station again next week to hand out more resumes and shake more hands.
