MBA CABBY AIMS HIRE

By KATHIANNE BONIELLO

He's trying to hack it.

All he wants is a job, but James Williamson and his fresh MBA diploma aren't having any luck. So the 25-year-old is taking advantage of a captive audience - the one in the back of his yellow cab.

Williamson got his hack license about a month ago, after four months of interviews left him still unemployed.

He's posted his résumé on the divider behind the front seats, in the hope that one of his customers might be the employer of his dreams.

"I've gotten a couple of business cards and comments like 'That's a good idea,' " he said, but no job yet.

"I kind of had the taxi thing as a last resort," said the Durham, NC, native, who earned a 3.2 grade-point average at Philadelphia's La Salle University.

Interested in troubleshooting electronics for a large company, doing technical sales or writing advertising and marketing copy, he came to New York for work after a friend's relative offered two months' free rent.

"I was hoping the economy would be better by the time I got out," he said. "I was hoping for an entry-level job. I was just trying to get my foot in the door. I was confident with my degree, and then after the first month I started saying, 'Oh, maybe I'll take customer-service jobs.' "

But even those were tough to come by.

He's earning $140 to $180 a day behind the wheel and working six days a week - but with more than $30,000 in student loans hanging over his head, it's not a long-term solution.

"I actually had a lady come in the cab who was giving me a few tips on my résumé," he said, hopefully.

Additional reporting by Stefanie Cohen, Melissa Klein and Janon Fisher

kboniello@nypost.com