Posts Tagged ‘Kanye West’

One of the best things you can do for your job search (in my opinion) is work on standing out from the crowd. Do whatever you can to make your most unique and positive traits come to the forefront. If you can make the employer take notice, you have a much better chance of landing an interview and winning the job.

However, there are limits of what you should do to attract attention. Never has this been so evident than during the firestorm that followed the Kanye West Incident at the 2009 VMAs.

For those that missed it, here’s the recap:

The rapper stormed the stage just after the first award, for Best Female Video, was presented to Taylor Swift. He cut the teen singer off, grabbing the mic and protesting in support of Beyoncé.

“I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” he proclaimed as B looked on from the crowd, stunned.

While Kanye did get plenty of attention for his stunt, it was overwhelmingly negative. And despite apologizing on his blog later that night, it appears that he may have finally done some irreparable damage to his career.

So what’s the lesson here? While you want to strive to stand out from the crowd, be careful in the process. The more outlandish and risky the attempt, the more likely it is to blow up in your face.

Keep it positive, clean, and unique, and you will do just fine.