Even Kelly, 36, told the Washington Post that he didn\u2019t know the answer to the second question.<\/p>\n
Kelly said he was taking a virtual class at his Syracuse, New York, home for his Master\u2019s of Business Administration programme on Monday night, when a friend texted him that he was going viral. Kelly didn\u2019t have a TikTok account, he said, but he logged on and started his trial by fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would\u2019ve bet every dollar I own \u2026 that this would never happen,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n
Randi Brod (left) and Jen Wilson attended a Jonas Brothers concert in Buffalo on Sunday. Photo \/ Jen Wilson <\/p>\n
A copy of Kelly\u2019s two-page resume \u2013 outlining his experience working for a telecommunications company and serving in the US Army \u2013 that he provided the Post appeared to match the one shown in Wilson\u2019s TikTok.<\/p>\n
As Kelly scrolled on the app Tuesday for the first time, he began to piece together why companies were giving him on-brand compliments, like Old Navy writing he \u201cdresses professionally,\u201d Clorox calling him the \u201ccleanest person I\u2019ve ever met\u201d, and skin care company Laneige saying he should be hired for his \u201chydrated skin\u201d. Nick Jonas wrote that Kelly\u2019s \u201cwork ethic and critical thinking inspired\u201d him to write a lyric in the song Burnin\u2019 Up.<\/p>\n
Wilson, the TikTok poster, was sitting in KeyBank Centre\u2019s lower-level seating area on Sunday night when she and her roommate, Randi Brod, noticed the man scrolling through the resume. Wilson recorded him \u2013 unbeknownst to the man, Brandon Bieron.<\/p>\n
Bieron, president of New York\u2019s Reimer Home Services, told the Post that he went to the concert with his wife, Ange, a Jonas Brothers fan, and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. His company is considering expanding, he said, and a colleague found and emailed him Kelly\u2019s resume on Sunday to flag a potential candidate.<\/p>\n
\u201cTalent waits for nobody,\u201d said Bieron, 37. \u201cAnd I started looking through it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bieron said he scanned the resume for about a minute.<\/p>\n
Wilson didn\u2019t think about the resume most of the concert as she listened to the Jonas Brothers perform her favourite childhood songs, including Burnin\u2019 Up, Lovebug, and When You Look Me In The Eyes. After the concert, Wilson, a sales manager at a Hyatt in Buffalo, posted the video on TikTok with the caption: \u201cGood luck Scott Kelly. I hope you get the job\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was always the hope in the back of my mind that the Jonas Brothers would see it, but I did not actually expect them to,\u201d Wilson told the Post. \u201cI really didn\u2019t expect anything out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video blew up the next day.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan confirm Scott can deliver,\u201d Instacart commented.<\/p>\n
Brandon Bieron (top) and his brother-in-law looked at their phones during a Jonas Brothers concert at Buffalo’s KeyBank Centre on Sunday. Photo \/ Ange Bieron<\/p>\n
\u201cScott Kelly has that drive,\u201d Kia America wrote. \u201cHire him immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cScott Kelly is always on time with the rent,\u201d Monopoly added.<\/p>\n
A man with the same name as Kelly wrote in the comments, \u201cNo job offer yet \u2026\u201d. But he said in a LinkedIn message that the resume shown in the video wasn\u2019t actually his. Another man named Scott who discussed his job prospects in the comments spells his last name \u201cKelley\u201d \u2013 clearly different from the resume title.<\/p>\n
Kelly, who said he\u2019s the real owner, wondered how someone got his resume. He said he hasn\u2019t applied for a job recently, but found the supportive comments funny.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s better than the opposite, for sure,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice for folks to have that much faith in a stranger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bieron, who said he\u2019s not on TikTok, said a colleague texted him the video on Tuesday after recognising him. Bieron said the first question that popped into his mind was: \u201cHow\u2019s Scott going to feel about this?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bieron said he contacted Kelly, who was embracing his newfound internet fame. Kelly said in his first TikTok: \u201cApparently folks are looking for Scott Kelly. Well, that\u2019s me.\u201d Kelly hopes the attention will lead to more listeners on his national security podcast, At the Water\u2019s Edge.<\/p>\n
Kelly is \u201cgainfully employed\u201d by his telecommunications company, he said, but his friends have joked that he would have a chance to receive any job he wants now because of his new references.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy inbox is so flooded with opportunities right now,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to know where I\u2019m going to start, but right now I\u2019m working on growing my opportunities where I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Bieron and Kelly plan to get coffee on Friday, neither is expecting a job offer \u2013 although Bieron said he wants to \u201copen up lines of communication\u201d with the country\u2019s new most coveted employee.<\/p>\n
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