How One Woman Used a Stunt to Get a Job, Without Creeping Out the Interviewer

How One Woman Used a Stunt to Get a Job, Without Creeping Out the InterviewerYouve probably heard about stunts when it comes to conducting a job search. Honestly, most of the time its a bad idea. Standing outside your fhigkeit employers home wearing a gorilla suit and a sandwich sign is weird. Spamming their Facebook makes you look like a stalker. Devoting songs to them on the radiowell, dont get me started. And dont even think about the mime thing.So, do stunts ever work? Sometimes, but you need to tread very carefully. Think before you decide youre willing to do anything to get a jobsometimes your efforts are just going to look creepy.Roger Wright of the Huffington deutsche post dhl recently wrote an article about a job seeker who actually used a stunt to her benefit.Laura (no last name) finally got an interview. It wasnt out of pure dumb luck, but pretty close. She was a member of a parents group in her neighborhood, which wasnt really related to the job she was applying for, and she really didnt know anyone in the company. She didnt really network, either. I wont bother you with the details of how she got the interview suffice it to say that she did.During the interview, Laura asked her potential boss about what it would take for a person to be successful at the company, and the interviewer said that it was important to go the extra mile. They chatted back and forth, and had a very enjoyable conversation. At the end of the interview, Marcia, the interviewer, said that shed had a good time. Theyd talked about a lot of things, including Marcias love for Georgia Tech, and the pennant she had on her wall. Laura suggested sending her a pair of Georgia Tech baby shoes to symbolize walking the extra mileAnd she did just that.Laura sent the baby shoes, and Marcia remembered her. So, it was a stunt, but heres the thingit was done in context. It wasnt a surprise, and it wasnt creepy. Of course Marcia didnt need the baby shoes, but you can bet that when she received t hem, she remembered Laura.Yes, Laura got the job using a stunt. Sometimes it works. But if youre going to try something like this, make sure that you keep it in context. If its not in context, its just scary.