2008 April 14 | Keppie Careers by Miriam Salpeter

Archive for the day Sunday, October 26th, 2008:

Don’t Be Desperate…Avoid Unfortunate Job Search Techniques

Published on April 14th, 2008
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Yahoo!Hotjobs posted the following (allegedly true) stunts job hunters pulled to try to get an interview:

Put up posters of himself in your company parking lot.
Attached pineapple scratch-and-sniff stickers to his resume.
Announced his candidacy with a singing telegram.
Sent lottery tickets with her resume.
Rented a billboard that you can see from your office to list [...]

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