Extreme job hunting

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Magazine mark-up

• Going to extremes to land a job

When Amy Lerner was looking for work as a freelance proofreader, she marked up a copy of Moment magazine and sent it directly to the editorial office with a nice letter about how she'd love to work with them. While she didn't get the job, the editor-in-chief did call to say it was a good idea.

Outcome: nice try

NEXT: Pizza party

Last updated January 14 2009: 1:14 PM ET

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