This Woman's Instagram Feed Was So Cool It Got Her A New Job

Remember those days when you had to change your Facebook name so employers
couldn't find you (and the embarrassing
photos you'd posted there)? Well, turns out Instagram may do the opposite — help you
get a job.

According to Fast Company, Instagram is becoming an important part of the hiring
process for some employers, especially in
more creative fields. Beyond a traditional
portfolio, employers like to get a sense of a
potential hire's personality and the more
un-cut version of their art and style.
One such employer, Bradford
Shellhammer, Fab co-founder and
BackCountry creative director, told Fast Company he hired New York-based designer Hannah Perinne Mode because of her Instagram feed. After working together at Fab, Hannah now works with Bradford as a creative manager and design
lead at the consultancy Shellhammer.co.
Hannah started her Instagram feed about 2 1/2 years ago. And while at first it was just
for fun, she then found a new use for the
platform when she began her "Drawing a
Day" project. Now her feed blends together
quick doodles, full-scale paintings, and
random pictures with friends.
According to Business Insider this is what she had to say:
"Instagram is a great way for me to share that visual component of my life, and not everything that I put out is a masterpiece by any means and it was a really good lesson to learn how
to create things for the sake of
creating. Things that aren’t
necessarily these finished large scale
paintings but are just these fun day to
day things."
"It is really helpful for me because I’ve
had a lot of people contact me based
on that project. Even if it’s a friend of
a friend, seeing my Instagram is a
great way to get an idea of who I am
as a person, some inspiration and
some basic illustrations or drawings
that then can be supplemented by my
website which will be more finished."
"I’ve had a lot of clients starting to ask me more for the hand drawn feeling in a way that i hadn’t experienced before. Even though i didn’t intend for it to be a way to get work, it’s sort of a pleasant consequence of it."