As an employer, whilst this would draw my eye I would have two problems with it. The first is the width. I tend to go over applications on my laptop, meaning with my mouse in there would not be space to plug in such a device without taking everything out first. The second is simply it looks childish. I am not downing on it for that reason, it is beautiful work, but much like I tend to put all the big headed cartoon character USBs aside, this one would end up there in my line of work anyway.

Fair enough, and good points.

For a costume/props job it's a bit more appropriate, which is my particular line :)
I'm also known locally for making the weirder items, so for a piece that sells what I do I like it. You're right about the width, I did think about that but thought if I did want to send this out to actual employers (and not just submit it as an assessment piece) I'd include a little adapter as a courtesy for laptop users. A little unwieldy but it would help.

Oooh, maybe make the "adapter" a bit of bone shaped...? It's already slightly "horror prop" with the red meat texture on the cut, adding a bit of bone out might look just right.

I like it for the juxtaposition of useful item (flash drive) and fantastic prop (claw) already.

Possible film title: "Clawfinger"

Yeah, if I have more time for the next one (this is a thing I just thought of for the assessment due monday) I'd definitely play with the placement a bit more and do some more intricate sculpting. I had all of an hour one night to get this sculpted so there wasn't much leeway for detail :P