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Joshua Persky, an out-of-work investment banker, has been hunting for a job on Wall Street for more than six months. Recently he got so frustrated he decided to get a little creative.

Last week, Mr. Persky, 48, stood on Park Avenue, handing out résumés to passers-by and wearing a sandwich board that said, "Experienced M.I.T. Grad for Hire." The sign included his name and contact information.

He picked a busy spot, with several hundred people passing him every hour. And he did not look bitter or angry standing in the summer heat. Instead, he was smiling and standing tall, wearing his best suit under the placards.

A few looked and snickered when they passed by him, but most paid no attention. Some gave him sympathetic looks. A few even took a résumé.But these days, jobs on Wall Street are scarce — and getting more so. Worldwide, banks and securities firms have cut more than 80,000 jobs. Mr. Persky worked at Houlihan Lokey for two years, but when that firm began to cut back last December, he said, his contract was not renewed.

Still, a couple of young brokers who passed Mr. Persky said they thought his unorthodox methods would pay off. One said Mr. Persky had a "first mover’s advantage" and that "all this press coverage will probably get him a job." His colleague agreed, saying, "Yeah, there is no question that it is going to work."

It certainly generated some attention. Mr. Persky was interviewed by many major news outlets and appeared on Fox and MSNBC. His story went global — "I get e-mails saying I am famous in Korea," he said. He recently did a radio program that aired in Bogotá, Colombia, and even appeared on the cover of a financial magazine in Greece.

"It was an amazing experience" Mr. Persky said this week. "I went to the corner of 50th and Park Avenue to hand out some résumés, and overnight I became world-famous.""The outpouring of interest and support was overwhelming — but I still need a job," he said.

Mr. Persky has had some luck on that front. He recently had one interview with a boutique investment bank and has another one lined up at a hedge fund. M.I.T. alumni have contacted Mr. Persky and have tried to help him in his job search. One alumnus said that if he would move to Denver that he could probably find a place for him.

So things are looking a bit brighter for Mr. Persky — but nothing solid yet. Nevertheless, he has received hundreds of e-mail messages and phone calls from well-wishers and companies wanting to find out more about him, which puts him in a better position than where he started.

It hasn’t been all roses, though.

By broadcasting his phone number and contact information around the world he has drawn attention from some nasty people. "I got some late-night phone calls from some young, probably investment banking analysts or associates, probably drunk, screaming obscenities and telling me to give my degree back," Mr. Persky said. "There were probably several dozen of those.""The only seriously negative one was a fellow who walked up to me in the street and said, There are people at M.I.T. that don’t like what you are doing — they don’t like the fact that M.I.T. is on your sign." It was not clear if the man was a fellow M.I.T. alumnus.

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Mr. Persky says he has not received any negative e-mail or phone calls from MIT alumni; rather, he says, "it is quite the opposite." In fact, he just received a phone call from the institute’s entrepreneurs club to speak to the group about his experience.

But time is ticking down for Mr. Persky. He said last week that if he did not find a job within a month he would pack up and move to his wife’s hometown, Omaha, to "start a new life." His wife, Cynthia, left last week with their two children, leaving Mr. Persky in New York to interview, while he stays with a friend. "If I don’t have anything by early August," he said, "I guess I will have to book a ticket to Omaha."

 

乔舒亚·伯斯基（Joshua Persky）是一位失业的投资银行员工，他已失业六个多月，一直在华尔街找工作。最近，他觉得非常沮丧，于是决定来一点有创意的行动。

上周，48岁的伯斯基先生站在派克大街上，向过路行人发送简历，并且，他还背着一个三明治的大字报，上面写着“麻省理工学院毕业，经验丰富。”还有他的姓名和联系方式。

他挑选了一个繁忙地带，每小时有好几百人经过他身边。而且，在夏日的阳光下，他看上去一点也不痛苦或愤怒。相反，他面带微笑，站得笔直，背着布告牌，还穿着他最好的一套衣服。

有些人从他身边过的时候看到了他，偷偷笑了，但大部分人根本就没有注意到他，有些人同情的看了他一眼，有的人甚至要了他的简历。但是，这些日子以来，华尔街的工作机会非常稀少——而且变得越来越少。全世界范围内的银行和证券公司已经削减了8万个员工。伯斯基先生在侯利翰·洛基（Houlihan Lokey）公司工作有两年了，但他说，去年12月公司开始削减员工，他没能继续和公司续约。

两个从伯斯基先生身边经过的经纪人说，他们认为，伯斯基先生这种标新立异的方式会有所斩获的，其中一个说，伯斯基先生有“主动出击的优势”，而且“媒体报道的推波助澜的作用可能会让他得到一份工作。”另一人经纪人表示同意，说：“是的，毫无疑问，这种方式会起作用的。”

当然，伯斯基先生引起了人们的一些注意，有很多大新闻媒体对他进行了采访，他还出现在福克斯电视台和MSNBC。他的事情在全球范围内散播开来——他说：“我收到电子邮件说，我在韩国也出名了”。他最近还在哥伦比亚的波哥大做了一个广播节目，甚至还出现在希腊一个财经杂志的封面上。

伯斯基先生说：“这真是难忘的经历，我去了第50大街和派克大道，给人们分发简历，然后我便一夜成名了。”他还说：“人们向我表示了极大的兴趣和支持——但是，我需要的是一份工作。”

伯斯基先生在这方面还比较走运，最近有一家小型专业投资银行对他进行了面试，他还要去一家对冲基金应聘，一位麻省的校友联系了他，准备帮助他找工作，还有一位校友说，如果他愿意去丹佛的话，就有可能得到一份工作。

所以，对伯斯基先生来说，事情有了好转——但是一切还不固定。不管怎样，他收到了很多电子邮件和电话，人们向他表示祝福，一些公司也给了他面试的机会，这些使得他目前的状况比开始时要好得多了。

可是，前景并非一片光明。

现在，人们都知道了他的电话和联系方式，这也使得一些不怀好意的人开始注意他。伯斯基先生说：“我深夜会接到一些年轻人的电话，这些人也许是投资银行分析师或他们的同事，他们喝醉了，向我破口大骂，而且让我把文凭交还回去。这样的电话有好几十个。”“最难堪的一件事是，有个家伙在街上向我走过来，说‘麻省有些人不喜欢你做的事，他们不喜欢你把麻省写在这个大广告牌上。’” 我不清楚这个人是不是麻省的校友。

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伯斯基先生说，他没有从麻省校友那儿收到恶意的电子邮件和电话；而且，他说“情况恰恰相反”。实际上，他接到一个学院企业家俱乐部打给他的电话，并且询问了他的有关经历。

但是对伯斯基先生来说，事情没有什么进展，上周，他说，如果他在一个月内找不到工作的话，就会打包裹回他妻子的老家，内布加斯加州的奥马哈，去“开始新的生活”。他的妻子上周已经带着他的两个孩子先回去了，留下伯斯基先生一人在纽约面试，他和他的朋友住在一起。他说：“如果到八月初还找不到工作的话，我想，我会订张去奥马哈的票了。”

 

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