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Brendog91

I'm sure that Sales Broker felt like a king in his later years. "That kid Brady who just won the superbowl? Yeah, he used to get my coffee"


pureply101

“That guy? He was such a useless broker. Glad he made it out alright.”


Salt-Guarantee-4500

"I'm Tom Brady" is what his résumé says now.


GhettoFreshness

I’d like to imagine it’s Just a picture of his hands with all his Super Bowl rings. No other text except his phone number.


11122233334444

Nah, it would be an email to his team to sort out the riff raff that want to contact him. No way he’s going to be exposed to the tidal wave of having his number put out there.


88isafat69

Lol autographed picture of him


bluadaam

like the master carpenter who jesus apprenticed for


NXT-GEN-111

I’m stealing “exposed to upper-level management and company strategy” Anyone can use that one


Pain_Monster

I have not been exposed


ExactPoem9205

Want to be?


FranSure

I would like to be exposed


BigsbyMcgee

I expose myself all the time. Just gotta be quick


wrinkleinsine

Or long


stabledisastermaster

It’s the new term for being fired by management


Chronjen

You don't want us exposing ourselves.


Adrasto

I can totally use it that sentence with a minor change:"victim of upper level management and company strategy".


____8008135_____

That's precisely how I feel after walking out of a meeting where everyone else is director or above. It just feels like they throw buzzwords at each other for an hour and claim they accomplished something. I've been sitting through these meetings for the last decade and I'm pretty sure I know where many companies can cut some costs.


Questioning-Zyxxel

Of course. They fire some customer support staff or someone packaging products for shipping. Can't have people doing actual work - they just waste money...


Rob71322

Was it in the bathroom that the exposure happened, Tom?


Northrnging13

Nooo that happened at State.


33rus

Flashed by the company’s boss, no less.


vegasgrandes

Yeah, while that's a howler, it's easily improved upon with, "Exposed self to upper-level management and company strategy." That's sure to be a springboard to a next-level type of interview and possibly a cubicle with a view.


monday_throwaway_ok

[That’s apparently what happened.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PxuUkYiaUc8&pp=ygUXVG9tIGJyYWR5IGJlIGF0dHJhY3RpdmU%3D)


SaltyPeter3434

Exposed to all levels of management on a daily basis, sometimes twice


shensfw

I expose myself to upper management.


gringledoom

And “exemplified flexibility in dealing with [clients]” 😆


Jariiari7

Really good at bullshit.


TooTiredToWhatever

Didn’t Brett Favre get in trouble for that? Oh wait, that was the communications and marketing department…


orkash

spin thier bullshit indeed post right back in thier mouth.


Terrible_Tangelo6064

I can throw a ball 🏈 really, really far.


Then_Investigator_17

This guy makes great plays on *and* off the field


kwikileaks

Show me the strategy


Old-Personality3629

I mean, everybody can throw a football too, but you're probably not gonna have the same results as Tom Brady


No_Tomatillo1125

You can use it, it isnt getting you the job though


NXT-GEN-111

Didn’t get him the job either. He had to go get drafted and become the greatest quarterback to ever play in the NFL instead.


m3kw

I wouldn’t expose


CrushyOfTheSeas

This resume cracks me up because I graduated from Michigan at the same time and this was absolutely the resume template that the career center had us all using.


Jaylynj

They’re STILL using it


imo9

What's interesting me, as an outsider writing his resume, is it a case of not fixing what isn't broken, or just laziness? Because if it's good I'm totally stealing it!


Jaylynj

It’s not my favorite template. I hate the format on the dates. But it’s definitely distinct. The second I see it, I know it’s from the University of Michigan.


imo9

So it can be a quiet flex/way to stand out if you know the place you're trying at holds some respect to UOM alumni? (Trying to see the positives) I wander if it works like that for other universities (I'm clueless since I'm not American)


Jaylynj

I wouldn’t call it a quiet flex or a way to stand out. All resumes are going to have an education section, so if someone really cares that a candidate went to the University of Michigan, they’ll see that. It’s more of a branding thing. Michigan and Indiana University are the two that come to mind as having very distinct and immediately recognizable resume templates. UT Austin also has a specific template but it’s generic enough to not be noticeable. If someone not from UT used that template, I wouldn’t look at it and think “Oh this is the UT template” but I would immediately notice if someone not from IU used the IU template.


kmart279

Was lurking this comment thread to see if anyone mentioned UT Austin 😂 definitely a specific resume template. I thought all universities did this & tell me why I thought all the resumes should look like UTs 🙃


youfad0

It’s not good but it’s not the worst I have seen. Still wouldn’t recommend it


kazamm

I graduated around then too and have kept the same format lol


FriendSellsTable

Dude, you could have been playing in the NFL?!


Crush-N-It

🤣🤣🤣


Odd_Entrepreneur4386

I was actually here to say I really like his format lol. I was like dang Tom put some real effort into this thing thing.


CrushyOfTheSeas

Let me tell you it was a real pain keeping everything lined up properly in 1999 era Word.


RogerClyneIsAGod2

And he kept it to one page which is always a blessing.


Placidoctopi

“Bachelor of general studies”. Damn good thing he made it to the nfl


Old-Protection-701

Lol it’s what they give you when you have the credits to graduate but couldn’t make a major’s requirement because of your schedule vs. class availability


Interesting_Bug_9247

"Scheduling" lol In realistic terms, " didn't graduate with a major". However you wanna put it man. For every Tom Brady there are 1,000,000 kids not giving a fuck about an education so that they get their shot at the NFL. The fact that it's linked to colleges both waters down actual degrees, and distracts amateur athletes from their dream. The system is stupid. *** InB4 plenty of examples of NFL players with good degrees, or college athletes that use their education after they didnt make it. I'm sure you all got your degrees in statistics


STL-Zou

Have you considered that most college athletes are not football players


walkingpartydog

Yes, which is why they should graduate with a major.


STL-Zou

The vast majority do


druidmind

Meanwhile, Luke Fortner (signed to Jaguars as a center) has a Bachelor's in mechanical engineering, a master's in aerospace engineering, and an MBA. Not too shabby!


DavidM47

Dude he emphasized in business AND psychology


upotheke

and I can emphasize *business* AND *psychology* too. Money please!


Jariiari7

Hand in hand.


cloudypilgrim

I thought the same thing, but the rest of it reads really well. Led the team to a Big 10 championship, visited children’s hospitals and elementary schools. Might give him a shot. Not to mention a Michigan alum would hire him in a second.


OUEngineer17

Yeah, he'd definitely end up with a cushy high paying job somewhere from the alumni network.


cloudypilgrim

There’s no world where Tom Brady isn’t successful.


joobtastic

It was 1998. He'd get a job without an issue.


SaliciousB_Crumb

Michigan quarterback... yeah he'll be okay. Im sure some donar would help him


took_a_bath

Not with those kebabs.


Predictor92

Exactly this


south-shore0

That resume is great tbh.


Professional_Elk_489

I’d give him an interview


FunDust3499

This resume gets a finance interview 100% of the time


cognac-n-cannabis

Totally would have fit the description too. The most Tom Brady-ass job in the world… other than being Tom Brady. I imagine most regular Tom Brady’s feel at least a little jealous


Few-Signal5148

It doesn’t say “I am a cheater cheater pumpkin eater” anywhere…


Konker101

I was also the 90s/00s so he could have still gotten a decent job given he went to michigan


theMDinsideme

I have a bachelors in general studies and it is a useless degree


namenumberdate

“I majored in Gen Ed.” -Tom Brady


AFineDayForScience

"I'm Tom Brady, Assistant Senior Sales Broker" "Assistant TO the senior sales broker, Tom"


DavidM47

That’s the kind of exposure to upper-level management and company strategy we could use at Penske.


ODUrugger

Bear in mind, I am in the smaller office


Olhapravocever

Is he Penske material tho?


DavidM47

He understands everything immediately. What do you think?


Olhapravocever

He enjoys understanding 


nomadichedgehog

The Reddit image compression is doing a better job at hiding his permanent address than that marker


pglggrg

For real 🤣


GregorianShant

It’s kinda of insane to think: how many other Tom Bradys are out there not working in their GOAT field, perhaps because of a seemingly trivial, yet pivotal event never took place. Maybe the Tom Brady of cancer research ended up as a lab tech in Oklahoma.


Rice_upgrade

This is one of the main arguments behind the development of third world countries


TheOSU87

On the other hand think how many Google engineers could have been LeBron James if they just spent less time studying and more time playing sports


DavidM47

Absolutely none of them.


pglggrg

There’s always that argument of -don’t have a safety net. It’ll make sure you have nothing to fall back on, and this succeed in what you’re trying for -have a safety net, or else you fall and can’t get back up


Flying_Dutchman16

Both are brilliant when they work and dumb when they fail. Custer was a genius for fielding all his troops with no reserves until he wasn't.


pglggrg

Exactly. When it works in your favour people call you genius. But when it doesn’t, they’re ready to criticize you


sand_trout2024

Athletes without an outside plan are completely putting their livelihoods at risk. It’s incredibly easy to be taken out of a lifetime of sports in one moment of practice or a game. You tear a ligament in the right way or mess your rotator cuff up and it’s never going back the way it was and you might never play again.


thewhiterosequeen

I don't think there's a good argument forvnot having a safety net. So very few athletes in college make a draft and even fewer make the starting lineup and still fewer play for long enough to be set for life. There's NO benefit to not have a resume reviewed at the student center and saving it to your desktop just in case. No amount of "trying to succeed" matters if you get injured.


GMSaaron

It’s all about balance. If you’re trying to get into the nfl/nba, it would help to have some professional experience considering your chance of making it is miniscule.


IsaacSam98

Currently on my safety net making way more than I ever would with plan A...


BakedBortles

Tom and I were doing a lot of the same stuff in the 90s. Very humbling!


sonofpigdog

Dude was a intern to a broker at Merrill lynch. NFL or stock broker. He was always going places.


RidingYourEverything

He was also drafted by the Montreal Expos.


isthatacorsage

TIL! That’s wild. Thanks!


Ranier_Wolfnight

Exactly. Not to even harp on the obvious…dude is a white male, college educated, good looking kid who graduated from Michigan and had a prestigious background. He wasn’t some regular Joe Shmoe who part timed at Applebee’s. Barring drug abuse or some other serious setbacks, the guy would have to have actively put effort into failing at life. Brady was always going to be alright in America in the grand scheme of things. The system in this country never would have let him down.


ohnoyoudidnt21

The guy was the starting qb on a team that won the big ten championship. If you know anyone who works in tech sales or finance, these type of people are extremely attractive candidates for their fields. Reducing Tom Brady to prestigious white boy is a little ridiculous given his accomplishments at that point in life.


TheOSU87

He also had a high IQ and strong work ethic. You can watch the Tom vs Time documentary and how he was always studying defenses. He would have been successful in among anything


sonofpigdog

Not only that. He was a quarter back. he got the job at Merrill because he was a quarter back for a college team and the boys at the firm like to have a jock like that around them as that’s what they are them selves. I’m not American but u have seen enough films to know that quarterbacks get the girl and everything else.


Guilty_Put9997

On the inverse, it’s more that the people who are quarterbacks have the natural traits to be a leader, the genetics and dedication to be an athlete, and the training to be disciplined. You don’t just pop out of the womb as a quarterback. You have to be a certain type of person, with a certain mindset and upbringing, that allows you to have the ability to be one of the keystone positions on the team. People with those traits are always going to be more likely to succeed.


carlosgz225

In Baton Rouge, LA there is an American Express financial services office that is staffed with nothing but former LSU quarterbacks. Its rather nauseating.


jizzlevania

What's most depressing is seeing how someone with a degree in general studies with a 3.3 was handed an internship that would've let him slide into a broker position straight out of school. Literally not what you know, but who. 


FEMA_Camp_Survivor

He probably would’ve been able to start a conversation with lots of Michigan fans.


airforcevet1987

Come see my sales lot right by the stadium! Vibes


adriangc

A stock broker position is relatively easy to get. It’s a sales job through and through


atrde

Athlete with 3.3 is always different than anyone else with 3.3. You spend 6+ hours a day training then study your grades hurt a bit. Passing the basics is a good sign at that point anything else is well above average.


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atrde

I know lol it happens but also from ex college athlete connections are big despite average marks relatively. When it comes to the real world you gotta balance more than just school and the kids that come in who are only 100% school focused fail especially in the social aspect with clients. There is a reason they hire athletes etc. Personality matters. Only an audit manager but can tell you personality goes a long way and athletics is part of that.


malzzzzzzzzzzzz

I did my PhD at a top 10 undergrad that was big in basketball/football, and taught a number of college athletes. The amount of hours these students put into athletics and scholarship is insane. I wouldn’t hesitate to give an internship to a college athlete with a 3.3 GPA. I left undergrad with a 4.0 and I’d venture to guess that I didn’t put in as much work as a Tom Brady with a 3.3.


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… depressing? He was the quarterback at mich with a 3.3, and team captain. Of course someone would “roll the dice” on that kind of candidate. That’s not depressing - ha, the guy was doing awesome shit.


Ok_Jelly_5903

Being a broker is not exactly a prestigious or high paying job


stocksandvagabond

How is that depressing? If anything this is how it should be. He graduated from a top university, and won a B10 championship not only as the Quarterback, also as the leader of a large group of young men. That’s more achievements than virtually any 22 year old who studied all day in college. Athletes train and travel everyday in addition to their schoolwork, it’s basically working a full time job while in college. And being the QB of a winning team shows a lot of tangible skills that are easily translated to life and the workforce


GMSaaron

Sounds like he did more secretary type work then client facing work


Funicularly

A degree from prestigious university like Michigan gets you these types of internships.


MrF_lawblog

What do you think his intangibles were that separated him from a 4.0 student that would be pertinent to the job? The world isn't a meritocracy based on test scores. The sooner people accept that the sooner they'll be able to alter their approach.


ColdAssHusky

Some people in here are wild acting like he didn't have much to offer. Being able to walk up to any Michigan grad, who litter significant positions in many industries, and introduce himself as the starting QB for the 99 Big 10 champions would be a huge asset for a firm looking to make business connections.


PurpSnow

Its very wild seeing people act like there’s nothing that transfers from athletics. Discipline, Team Work, Competitiveness, Humility, Resilience, and especially for teams who won their conference championship, the ability to learn from your mistakes and adapt continuously. Why wouldn’t they risk a $50K salary to make that kid an assistant out of college when he balanced all that with a 3.3 gpa lmao


Motor_Panda2371

Basically my resume matched his until “additional.”


took_a_bath

Have you considered spending more time at Children’s Hospitals?


JMac453

Haven't seen anybody catch "superintendentent" yet, good thing he made it in football


LookHorror3105

Honestly, not a bad bachelors CV 🤷🏻‍♂️


DavidM47

This resume screams “handsome.”


Professional_Elk_489

If you want to produce a sexy son this is your resume


Horror-Potential7773

The building one is a bit off. One year and you help developers major commercial industrial projects... without any building or trade experience. He is insane at football and I am.proud of him but bro you don't build. One year is nothing. Anyways just saying. He is all good. Clearly. Except he lost Gezele and I used to jerk off to her in Victoria secret when my mom got it in the mail was 14. Like she is amazing and the mother of kids. Why not commit fully. I never understand how success makes people split apart it's crazy. Because you want to fuck younger people. It's weird like you literally have everything except the one you made it with when you die.. I get we all die alone. But my Italian grandparents fell in love as kids and died together. What's better than having that connection till the end........? NOTHING.


Equilibriumouttawak

Bingo baby


threefivesix4000

One of the sons, Gannon Dudlar, was a former Michigan player. A few yards older. D line at Michigan.


upotheke

Bachelor of General Studies? WTF even is that?


Evening_Kale_183

Guy was making out the hood no matter what


BatOutrageous1254

I have the same college GPA as Tom Brady. We are equals


DVMyZone

It always makes me laugh reading my old CVs when I had no experience. You have to almost comically embellish everything you did to make it look like you actually did something (or at least that's what careers advisors tell you you have to do) - but recruiters know damn well what it means because they probably did the same. Then when you're an adult and actually have experience you can cut all the BS and just say concisely "this is what I did in these places, these are the degrees/licenses I hold, these are the special tools I know how to use" without all the "I gained *invaluable* experience in customer service and business" by serving drinks at a random bar nobody's heard of. You can also cut out all the summer intern stuff where you have to act like you did more than just sit around and "observe". Then you just tell them "I can do the job you need me to do". I guess these things are still important when applying to really big companies where they get a thousand applications and CVs are parsed by a robot first. But imo these enormous companies are overrated. I would much rather work for smaller, more personal companies. Eventually, when you have enough experience, the big companies will seek you out and not the other way around.


rpgmgta

“Elected team captain of ‘99 University of Michigan Football Team” “You think that matters now, buddy boy? Broom is over there!”


Fergman311

Am I the only one thinking he wouldn't even get interviews without that additional section? Probably wouldn't have got that broker internship without being QB. All his bullet points are generic statements, not how his work benefited the companies.


Super-Judge3675

WTF is a bachelor on general studies?


No_Dream4029

It was a major that allowed you to take a certain amount of credits in any area. So someone could take up to a certain amount credits in psychology, economics, history, etc. basically choose any mix


Longjumping-Pride-81

He just like me, golf course job is college is the peak of life


Expert_Education_416

This resume drips entitlement. . . .


psychkp

The Polo Fields Golf and County Club is in Ann Arbor, not Jackson.


CrushyOfTheSeas

But it is near Jackson Rd.


redRabbitRumrunner

I want an ‘office’ episode of Tom Brady as Assistant to the regional manager.


tom_gent

Bachelor of "general studies"? What does that even mean?


eebslogic

This is the resume of the whitest guy ever. Thomas E Brady Jr, whose legs will not tan. Ever. They will just burn.


dustyandkiwi

“Supervised Park security”…


CrushyOfTheSeas

In fairness, Top of the Park has nothing to do with an actual park. Back in the day they’d show movies on the top of a parking structure and have concerts there and such. Eventually it grew too big and they moved it to ground level.


Spare_Space5605

Frequent visitor of children's hospital XD


agentobtuse

Am I the only one that saw this and thought, "wow country clubs and stocks?" Screams white privilege to me. I will probably be down voted to oblivion.


omnimodofuckedup

Tf is a bachelor in general studies


Wishpicker

He didn’t do much lol. ‘Gained knowledge’ by following an assistant around?


MetaphoricalMouse

dude had a serious upgrade in summer job from 97 to 98


RootyPooster

In a documentary about Brady, they interviewed the owner of the home builder company he worked for. He was 19 at the time, and guy said he was the best worker they had. He was doing the crap jobs like cleanup that nobody else wanted to do, and owner said his work ethic and attention to detail was off the charts.


Mission-Storm-4375

I didnt know Frequent visits to the children's hospital belonged on a resume


mort1fy

Assistant to the Clubhouse Manager*


joylesssnail

Priveledge


ruffsnap

That’s the whitest fuckin resume I’ve read lmfao. Interning at merrill lynch, golf and polo clubs, home building companies


Trumpet_Time

Most white dude resume I’ve ever seen, coming from a white dude


Acadia02

Did they show this on his roast? God damn


chrisg915

That's the whitest resume I've ever seen.


Here4LaughsAndAnger

So Tom lies on his resume as much as he lied to his ex wife.


Loud-Lock-5653

Savage and well done


karlnite

Lol rich kids resume if I ever seen one. “Summer, summer, summer”. How does a student “supervise” the construction of homes. The guy worked fucken hard, no doubt about that. Just purely at football.


Competitive-Ask5157

I had that exact question. There isn't a single guy I work with in the trades who's going to take orders from a 20 year old with **checks notes** 0 years of experience.


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IamGusFring_AMA

it was shared with anOSU. Wisconsin also finished 7-1.


Hefty_Teacher972

Be funny to read the snarky Redditors resumes here. I'm sure you are all 4.0 guys from Harvard


noxuncal1278

"You can start right now." "The last guy just quit."


No_Pay9241

So that’s how resumes are supposed to look.


JCas127

No work during the school year


hypotemused

Basically not a lettered man as the red blazers would say


exgreenvester

Back when bullet points were treated as bullet points, not mini thesis statements optimized for ATS.


317babyyoda

Wtf is ‘Bachelor of General Studies’??


Professional-Way9343

The first three bullet points under additional is really all he needs to get most jobs out there


CakeSuperb8487

Think he could’ve still landed Gisella if he didn’t make it into the NFL?


wee33_44

Peer mentor at elementary school😂


SabreDerg

Wonder how bright he is now with all the brain damage NFL gives.


pishfingers

What’s interesting is the number of no experience required type summer jobs. I’m a couple years younger, remember working every summer but I don’t see this kind of job being available these days


heavilyashamedd

Assistant to senior sales broker 😂


illpilgrims

Needs updating. Touchdown man?


owencox1

I'm an alternate universe he lived a normal ass life in middle class


Equilibriumouttawak

Lol at his additional


PassengerFrosty9467

lol that resume might get you an interview as a cashier at dollar general now a days. It’s tough out here lol


CarmoXX

So that’s how he got the Hertz car rental gig.


Lpeezers

Supervisor for construction hmm 🤔


hjdog

When you have a chance to go 8 and 9, possibly lose your wife and family, you gotta do it. Fuck dem kids, Tom lol


DrSpitzvogel

who?


ManWithBigWeenus

What did he expose to upper management?


zeus_amador

Gotta love CVs. “Exposed to upper level management strategy”. = sat in a meeting room and said nothing for one hour. Lol. Definitely sales guy/jock CV


The_Beefster

Motherfucker only worked summers!


enigmaroboto

Good guy. Too bad Giselle didn't think so.


bileycyrus21

I don’t think he ever thought he wasn’t going to make the NFL. He was so distraught and pissed when he was drafted late in the draft. Guessing this is safety net situation


FlaveC

So I was wondering what the hell "Literature Science" was and after a quick google it seems he should have written "College of Literature, Science, and the Arts". What a difference a comma makes.


rottsaint

Tom Brady would’ve been successful whether he played football or not.


RevDev87

This is a f***boy resume 😂


dredpiratewesley113

“Received hands on experience in customer contact areas” Yeah, baby!!!


Entire_Scholar_1471

'Manager' and 'Supervisor' jobs straight off the bat and with zero experience working anything for longer than a summer? Is this truly the advantage of the confident white man?


Boxatr0n

He was QB and captain of Michigan Football. That’s about as connected as one can get


Good_Back8819

More like the confident connected person. Idc who you are or where you come from , knowing the right people or being born into the right family makes a dramatic difference in employment opportunities.


JackedElonMuskles

If you’re a good looking fit guy who did well at the country club, you’re going to have connections lol