We Don’t Have Joel Kaplan’s Friendster Profile, But Here’s A Really Old Resume

Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat. A reader just sent this our way:

This is a very random thing to possess, but I happen to have a copy of the resume of Joel Kaplan, Karl Rove’s replacement as deputy chief of staff for policy. I think it’s from fall 1995 or spring 1996. When he was a law student at Harvard, Joel applied to be a resident tutor in my dorm. He didn’t get the job — probably the first and last time this overachiever didn’t get something that he applied for.

Anyway, here it is (attached). It’s not terribly interesting in and of itself; it’s a pretty typical resume for a high-powered law student, which is what Joel was back then. But I’m totally holding on to it. If Joel becomes president or a Supreme Court justice someday, I can sell it on eBay to feed myself in my old age, after Social Security goes belly up.

Check out the goods, after the jump.

We agree with our reader’s assessment; Joel’s resume isn’t particularly exciting. Aside from his time in the Marines (1992-95), it looks a lot like the resume of a standard HLS student: research assistant job, summer internship on the Hill, and interests that include squash, politics, and the Red Sox.

But other evidence shows that Joel’s a fun guy, with a sense of humor. It should serve him well in the often tense environment of the White House.

Joel, we wish you the best of luck in filling Karl’s shoes. Just try not to get indicted!

Karl’s Out, Joel’s In And He’s a Jokester [Muckraked]
Joel Kaplan Hosts Ask the White House [White House]
Joel D. Kaplan Bio [White House]
Rove Gives Up Policy Post in Shake-Up [WP]

Update: Joel Kaplan: Google Is Unimpressed

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Press Release of the Day: Ari’s Desperate

Ari! You’re reduced to this?

Alexandria’s Own Patricia Mahoney Wins Yahoo! HotJobs Celebrity Career Makeover
“Sex and the City” Costume Designer, Former White House Press Secretary and “The Devil” Wears Prada” Author Give Free Coaching Sessions

NEW YORK April 4, 2006 - Yahoo! HotJobs (Nasdaq:YHOO) a leader in the online recruitment industry, today announced that Patricia Mahoney of Alexandria, VA has won the Celebrity Dream Team Makeover, a national contest which began in January 2006. The Makeover awards three job seekers one-on-one career coaching sessions with celebrity experts who will advise them on resume and cover letter-writing techniques, interview skills and professional style for the workplace.

Patricia, along with the other winners will spend Tuesday, April 4, 2006 getting personal job counseling from former “Sex in the City’s” fashion designer Patricia Field, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, and “The Devil Wears Prada” author, Lauren Weisberger.

Could there be anything funnier than Ari Fleischer hosting a one-on-one resume and cover-letter technique coaching session? And how intense will that “interview technique” lession be!

But seriously, Ari, if you needed the work, you could’ve called. We were looking for interns a while back, you know. And we’re always working on maintaining our professional appearance.

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