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Updated 24 Oct, 2016

Saleem Muhammad wants you to know that good things don’t always come in small packages. That’s why he — a self-professed "multi-talented person" — decided to create a 28-page resume.

"With this resume I wanted to impress recruiters in Canada and the US in a different way," Muhammad told Images. Earlier this week, one of the recruiters Muhammad had contacted via LinkedIn published his resume online. Formatted to read like a fashion magazine, complete with a modeling photoshoot of Muhammad, the bombastic and lengthy novella-esque resume has since gone viral.

Across the board most industries will accept no more than a two-page resume. Indeed, most job applicants struggle to self-aggrandise themselves and fear the notorious 6-second rule (the amount of time a recruiter will typically spend looking at a job application).

A veteran of job searching in Lahore, Muhammad is aware of all this.

As a self-described 'MBA graduate, photographer, game artist, and strategic planner', Muhammad is looking to tap into the dazzling world of operations and supply chain management as his next gig.

But after experimenting with 20 different versions of the standard one-page resume, Muhammad realised the only way he could even begin to communicate his deep-as-the-Titanic-iceberg personal data would be by publishing 28 pages worth of personal photos, achievements and qualities.

However, Muhammad is not one to be naive and says he was prepared for his resume to go unnoticed. In fact, the LinkedIn recruiter responsible for Muhammad’s resume going viral admits to typically ignoring international applicants.

"It was totally an innovative and creative way of thinking and I wasn't sure if it would work when I started applying to different companies in the US and Canada. I thought I wouldn’t get noticed with my resume but, in fact, it works and [has gotten me] an incredible response," said Muhammad.

So allegedly incredible has been the response that Muhammad claims "currently some top companies in the US have shortlisted me", confidently adding that "soon I’ll get a job."

But professional success does not always come hand in hand with personal success. When asked about the many quotes on his social media accounts alluding to living life with a broken heart, and if he will be leaving someone special behind when the US finally comes calling, Muhammad laments, "I’m Scorpio. And still single."


Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that Saleem Muhammad's resume was 25 pages long instead of 28. We apologize for the error.

Comments

Ninjaslash Oct 22, 2016 03:05pm
OH, well. http://mashable.com/2016/06/20/gq-magazine-resume/
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Ahmed Amin Malik Oct 22, 2016 03:42pm
Ok. Best of luck, kid!
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HELL Oct 22, 2016 04:15pm
A fool scholar with no goals can do all this stuff, what he invented, nothing..! Then what is the purpose of this all degrees. There is a different between knowledge and execution.
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waqar Khan Oct 22, 2016 04:28pm
hahaaha it will not work it is another publicity stunt
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Ali Oct 22, 2016 04:49pm
Horrible hairstyle
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Umreekan_Sundi Oct 22, 2016 05:06pm
@waqar Khan Haters gonna hate. He is being talked about - not YOU!
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waqar Khan Oct 22, 2016 06:25pm
@Umreekan_Sundi ok Sundi
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Agha Ata Oct 22, 2016 06:55pm
Sleem, if God forbid, you don't get a job you can always teach on how to write a resume, or may be if you prefer, on how not to write a resume. I wish you good luck. you indeed are very hard worker
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hnr Oct 22, 2016 07:52pm
Why USA,Canda or UK.Why not Arab nations which is closer home or even China which is next door.
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rixwan Oct 22, 2016 07:54pm
Resume is a copy of an Indian guy who has submitted same type of cv to get a job
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Gaurav Sharma Oct 23, 2016 03:02am
Another eye to eye fame in the pipeline..haha
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sohail Oct 23, 2016 08:50am
But i see his pictures with the horrible hair style more than his resume.
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Larry Oct 23, 2016 09:51am
Come on Dawn/ writer. This is a knock-off. A couple of months ago, the story of an indian boy went 'viral' too. He wanted to impress GQ and land a job there, so he formatted his resume as a GQ magazine. This got him noticed, feted & hired. Saleem's cover page is pretty much a word for word copy of the original effort, and the rest comes of as a cheap copy since the indian boy is a designer and therefore actually talented in making presentations. It would have been okay if you or our hometown "multi-talented" boy had Atleast acknowledged the source of inspiration. Very shoddy.
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Ahmed Oct 23, 2016 10:32am
Copy of http://mashable.com/2016/06/20/gq-magazine-resume but kudos for making the effort and putting in the hardwork for it
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JS Oct 23, 2016 10:43am
Time ill spent in cut and paste, copying, cheating, etc. Lies is rootless and therefore expansive. No wonder.
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KHK Oct 24, 2016 04:12am
He who can't explain on one page , cannot do any thing.
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KHK Oct 24, 2016 04:20am
We need workers not thinkers.
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Faisal Oct 24, 2016 10:01am
@Umreekan_Sundi He's been talked about but in which way. Do you really think westerns are going to be impressed by this idiotic approach? They won't even go to the second page on his resume.
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Faisal Oct 24, 2016 10:05am
@hnr China won't even give you a visit visa, forget about a job.
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zebswati Oct 24, 2016 11:59am
Maria Kari, please , if Plagiarism should not be encouraged, ......
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Kabeela Khan Oct 24, 2016 02:10pm
Another Chai Wala , i mean sort of.
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