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Friday, December 19, 2008
Time for job seekers to get silly?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This week, a local job seeker who was tired of running into dead ends while searching for employment decided to get into the spirit of the season, to try to attract attention and hopefully snag a job. Unemployed medical assistant Jeffery Roof donned an elf hat and wore a sandwich board with his contact information, working the corner of Freedom Parkway at Ralph McGill in Atlanta. He also carried a bucket full of resumes that he was ready to hand out to potential employers that drove by during the morning rush hour.
Before you laugh, a similar tactic worked for Joshua Persky. What do you think about “extreme job searches”? Would you resort to odd tactics or gimmicks in order to get noticed by employers?
