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Last week, I wrote about unusual job search strategies, and highlighted the case of Alec Brownstein, who found job-hunting success by targeting key executives with Google Ads.&lt;p&gt;This morning, I was invited to talk about those very same strategies on Washington D.C.&#39;s WTOP 103.5FM. You can listen to the four-minute segment on job search advice by clicking the link. Two caveats: first--you&#39;ll need to select the appropriate link on that page (at the time of writing it&#39;s the second from the top). And second—no, I&#39;m not from round these parts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you&#39;ve digested all of that—or even before you do—why not tell us about your favorite off-the-wall job seeking stories? And we&#39;re looking for the good, the bad, and the ugly. To get you started, here&#39;s another one I heard recently, but whose provenance I am regrettably unable to vouch for:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Delivery Guy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A keen job seeker thought he was doing all the right things when applying to a company he was interested in. He researched the company. (Let&#39;s face it: he probably used Vault&#39;s company profiles. I mean, why wouldn&#39;t you?) He identified the key hiring personnel at the company. And then he figured out a plan to talk to that person face to face, so he could really make a good impression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His plan? Well, that was the candidate&#39;s downfall. He dressed up as a delivery person and showed up at the security desk of the company he wanted to work for, bearing a package that he claimed his target employee had to sign for. When they duly appeared, he removed the delivery outfit to reveal professional attire, and proceeded to press a resume—plus his case for why he should be hired—onto the unsuspecting employee. The result: one seriously embarrassed worker who wouldn&#39;t dream of hiring the applicant—even if he hadn&#39;t been ejected from the building by security and told never to come back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a story you think we should know about—or a technique you&#39;re thinking of trying—please let us know about it in the comments field below. If we get enough of them, we&#39;ll collect the best in another blog post—together with a critique from Vault professionals on its chances for success or why it went wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;--Posted by Phil Stott, Vault.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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