Five months ago, Jason Fruen of Manchester, England, lost his job as a mechanical maintenance engineer.

After sending his resume to companies and having no luck, he adopted a different strategy: He began wearing the resume.

Fruen created a sandwich board that read, in big bold letters, “Mechanical maintenance engineer, seeking employment,” along with his telephone number, the Daily Mail reports.

His plan: Stand by an industrial complex and hope someone pays attention. He didn’t have to wait very long.

On his first day of self-advertising, a car pulled over. The owner of a local company offered him a job.

Unfortunately, it was only for a two-and-a-half month temporary assignment. So now, Freun is hitting the streets again, starting every day at 5:30 a.m.

What extreme job-seeker tactics have you seen or heard about? Would anything like Freun’s gimmick catch your attention enough to consider someone for a job? Let us know in the comments section below.

Former marketing manager Kelly Kinney has been out of a job for more than a year. Her latest strategy for getting her resume out there: She had it printed on a T-shirt.

The front of the shirt reads, in big bold letters, “I need a job!” followed by contact info and a list of her qualifications. The back of the shirt features a “cover letter” with more information.

Kinney says she wears the shirt every chance she gets — when she’s grocery shopping, out for coffee or just walking down the street.

It’s not the first gimmick she’s tried. At other points, she posted a resume on her car window and sent prospective employers postcards. So far, nothing’s worked.

If you saw Kinney in her resume shirt would it grab your attention enough to offer an interview? What other gimmicks have you noticed desperate job seekers using? Let us know in the comments section below.

For an increased acceptance rate, experts recommend simple tweaks to the way offers are presented. Here are some problems candidates see — and how you and your managers can fix them:

• They haven’t heard from their future boss. The logistics of extending job offers are normally handled by someone in HR. But if it seems like a candidate is on the fence, a call from the hiring manager — or even a top-level exec — could be enough to seal the deal.
• They haven’t heard from potential co-workers. Similar to the strategy above, having a candidate’s peer call and explain the benefits of your company could provide the final push needed to get someone on board.
• You called on the wrong day. Some experts say companies should always extend job offers early in the week — that’s when many people may be more willing to leave a current employer. And if they hear your offer on Friday, they may have too much time over the weekend to over-think the situation and decide changing jobs isn’t worth the risk.

Create a company profile.

LinkedIn has now made it possible for companies to set up profiles, in much the same way individuals do.

You can provide useful information for candidates, such as what business you’re in, where you’re located, how big the company is and — most importantly — why people should work for you.

Go here to set up a profile for your company.