A résumé arrived in the post along with a shoe to signify getting your foot in the door;
Résumés were handed out at traffic lights;
An interested candidate washed cars in the company car park;
A persistent applicant staged a sit-in in the lobby, refusing to leave until he had met the executive director;
A cake was sent in with a picture and the contact details of one applicant;
Personalized coffee cups were handed out in reception; and
A hopeful interviewee went to the same hairdresser as the company chairman and got the barber to speak on his behalf.