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Unemployed man uses QR code sandwich board in his job hunt

02/09/201202/09/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

A Canadian man has found a unique new way to use QR code marketing, by printing one onto a sandwich board and walking the streets of Toronto in a desperate attempt to try to find a job. The man, 42-year old John Currie, is a motion graphics producer who is out of work and who decided to use this marketing tool to allow potential employers to scan the code to that they may view his website, on which his 2012 demo reel is accessible. Currie (twitter handle @thatQRcodeguy) explained that…

Britain’s MI5 uses QR codes to find next secret agent

06/24/201106/24/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Mobile technology is proving to be a useful medium for recruitment. A growing number of job seekers, ever keen to stand out from amongst the crowd, have been plastering QR codes onto their resumes and business cards. Until recently, this practice has been reserved to those looking for work. Now, however, more companies are advertising their open positions via the codes. While the trend is growing tractions amongst public businesses, one would scarcely imagine that a secretive government agency would follow suit. The UK’s counter-intelligence and security agency known as…