My husband was unemployed for 10 months. He finally landed a job when he turned up at an office with a box of doughnuts.

The author's (right) husband (left) used a unique strategy to get a job. Courtesy of Camilla Richardson My husband was unemployed for 10 months and couldn't find a job; his résumé was lost in piles. He came up with a plan to show up at an office he was interested in, unannounced, with doughnuts. I was skeptical of his plan as a former recruiter, but it got him the job. My partner was laid off in January of last year. Hundreds of applications later, he'd only landed two interviews with no jo...