When Jay Solomon was applying for jobs in finance last year, there was one thing on his resume that set him apart from the competition. It wasn’t his prior experience, or education or Excel skills. It wasn’t even his formatting and it definitely wasn’t his scented paper, which everyone uses these days. It was his ability to put his foot behind his head.
When Solomon, 25, was applying for jobs in real estate, there was one achievement on his CV that always got a response. “I put advanced yoga practitioner . . . just some bulls – - t at the bottom of the resume,” says Solomon. “All these guys were like, ‘Oh, I do yoga, come here, let me show you my yoga mat in the office,’ ” he recalls.
While neither Solomon nor the people interviewing him actually sound very Yogi master-like (“some bull shit”? “Let me show you my yoga mat”?), it was enough to not only get his foot in the door but land him a gig at “a private equity real estate fund in Harlem.” And that’s not all.
Solomon has used his yoga skills to get in good with the boss in ways those who aren’t quite as flexible cannot.
Three weeks after he was hired in September, Solomon suggested he and his boss hobnob over half-moon poses. They now practice hot power yoga once a month together at an Upper East Side studio.
“I just knew that he loved yoga, and I thought it’d be something good that we could do together,” explains Solomon. Today, he credits his love of yoga with giving him a leg up in the job market. “I think it automatically marks you as slightly alternative, creative and modern . . . If I put the gym or weightlifting [on my resume], I don’t think people would care as much.”
Though for comparison’s sake- would some please give it a shot? Let’s find out the breakdown of employers on Wall Street who prefer an employee who can get into lotus position versus one who can bench 250.
Yoga is the new golf [NYP via BI]
Everyone has a creative cousin.
I bet he played lacrosse in prep school too.
My secretary loves the downward facing dog
Me too.
-D. Kneale
http://girlsinyogapants.com/
I have “Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do” on my resume and everyone assumes I’m great at math.
Hobnobbing with the boss while wearing stretchy pants and sporting a horrible case of swamp ass is the NKI.
Call me ASAP massa Solomon, I got ze job for you.
–Ping
It is our bonus day.
Private equity real estate fund in… Harlem?
Private equity real estate fund in… Harlem?
I thought it was the LPs were assumed downward dog when it comes to returns
I thought it was the LPs were assumed downward dog when it comes to returns
I thought it was the LPs were assumed downward dog when it comes to returns
Are you kidding? Come on, its real estate. The price only goes up.
“It was his ability to put his foot behind his head”
One foot away from the holy grail.
Looking into this via my phone
I bet he didn’t.
keeping with the black history month theme from yesterday. I see what you did there bessy.
putting proefficient in yoga under skills section in my resume now…
Similar concept to the Manchester United Fan Club…from Ohio.
-Scotty and Cooper
Similar concept to the Manchester United Fan Club…from Ohio.
-Scotty and Cooper
“They now practice hot power yoga once a month together at an Upper East Side studio.
“I just knew that he loved yoga, and I thought it’d be something good that we could do together,” explains Solomon.”
I don’t think it was the Yoga that got him ahead, pretty sure if the special time after in the steam room that really paid off.
That’s all it takes to land a job?
“I think it automatically marks you as slightly alternative, creative and modern. . . ”
or as a giant tool
not that there’s anything wrong with being slightly alternative, creative and modern…
Oh…. That’s where I went wrong.
they put the black in blackstone
they put the black in blackstone
Private equity in Harlem?
Bill Clinton’s Privates II is not a PE fund you idiot!
+1
Key project is attempting to integrate KFC, Popeyes and watermelon.
- Jay Solomon
Yes there is.
Yoga is for guys who couldn’t cut it on the debate team.
That’s it. I’m going to put P90X coach on my resume and follow in the footsteps of the other great athletes who made the transition to finance.
I really hate it when some busts ass in yoga. Its revolting.
Nouriel Roubini
real estate “private equity” as in – working for his friend’s dad who is renovationg a couple of townhomes he bought out of foreclosure last year.
I bet neither of you did.
- champ ’05
On my resume I point out that I can perform self fellatio. Gets them every time.
Ping
On my resume I point out that I can perform self fellatio. Gets them every time.
Ping
CL I don’t know how your mind suddenly went to an obscure Eurotrip reference, but I like the way you think.
You can’t lose.
Was that an Anal_yst dis there at the end?
I bet you didn’t.
Cuse ’09, Champs
Me too; Christmas in February. One of the few times I am glad to be merely tangent to you guys in NY and CT. Houston and Vegas are going to see some good times.
- Not East Texas Gas Trader
Anal_yst will have you know that he is an advanced yoga practitioner. On his twitter he says:
@[redacted] btw that you respond to critics speaks very highly of your character, 99% of peeps wouldn’t do so as you have, thanks
So I’m sure he will be here soon to defend his character.
Just Bend over and take it!
Did he wear a condom while doing yoga?
Thank god you didnt put Advanced Blowjob Specialist
plz stop with the nki its not the nki