Extreme job hunting

Therese Tetzel, 52, sent her resume, cover letter and a bottle of champagne to the CEO of Quaker State in Dallas, along with a hand written note asking him to read her resume while sipping some bubbly.

"Two days later, I got a call from the chief human resources officer asking me to come in and interview," she said. Tetzel was hired as a marketing manager for the company shortly after.

While unconventional, "I didn't think it was a risk at all," Tetzel said, "I knew it would get me some type of a response and that's all I was looking for."

Outcome: success

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