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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;More and more unconventional ways to search for a job are popping up every day. Witness the latest from&amp;nbsp;CNN.com, as recently re-enrolled nursing student and mother of three Nicole Nagy attempts to subsidize her tuition and mortgage payments:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dressed in a bathrobe, she sits on the couch with her kids as her husband starts the video with the bad news, &quot;OK guys, I have to go to work. Sorry we can&#39;t send you to nursing school, Mom. We just don&#39;t have the money.&quot; Nagy replies, &quot;Ahh man.&quot; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Addressing her children, she says, &quot;know what we can do instead, we can sing about it.&quot; Nagy takes off the robe, revealing a nursing uniform and the stethoscope which acts as her microphone.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Ok, we&amp;#8217;re definitely not suggesting what you think we&amp;#8217;re suggesting, so get your head out of the gutter &amp;#8211; things haven&amp;#8217;t gotten &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; dire (well, at least not for some of us). Nagy&amp;#8217;s song and dance routine is actually part of a contest called &amp;#8220;Careereoki,&amp;#8221; sponsored by the Orange County (FL) School Board; Workforce Central Florida, an Orlando-area job placement organization; and a local advertising agency. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Grand Prize: $8,000 and includes a career training scholarship (tuition for a certificate program at an Orange County technical school), personal and resume makeovers and a $100 gas card.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Anyone brave enough to videotape themselves singing -- and sometimes dancing -- about their dream career karaoke-style was qualified to enter the competition. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;More than 60 videos were submitted, from which five finalists were chosen to compete for online votes that will determine the winner.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;[snip]&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Whether Nagy&#39;s performance will be good enough to win will depend on how many people vote for her on local radio station &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;WPYO&#39;s Web site&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt; where the videos are posted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Now, if you&amp;#8217;re not in Florida, this contest may not seem so appealing, but at the very least, it seems like there should be plenty of decent entertainment value in watching the finalists&amp;#8217; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;videos&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;. Contests like these may be just what we need in these gloomy times of layoffs and unemployment. A little levity never hurts to break the stress of the job search, and who knows, maybe &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;this guy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; will finally get himself a job. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Posted by Steven Schiff, Vault News &amp;amp; Commentary&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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