We’ve all seen the pictures in the papers of down-and-out businessmen wearing sandwich boards that say GIVE ME A JOB; it’s a sign of the times. As I told Dawn Klingensmith of the Philadelphia Inquirer, nobody likes a pest. The last thing you want is to give off the smell of desperation during your job search.

But we all make mistakes, especially when we’re getting a foot in the door. So I’d like to hear from you: what are the most desperate things you’ve done to try and get a job? Tell me your story in the comments.

With a job market as crummy as this one, many of us aren’t bothering to take the time to think about our current job satisfaction. After all, we should be lucky to have any job, right?

Not necessarily. Some of us have managed to secure our dream jobs, the jobs that allow us to use our gifts and explore our passions, the jobs that we might have dreamed of for years, the jobs that offer an ideal and comfortable situation.

It’s easy at a time like this to get bogged down in bad news and frustrating statistics, so let’s try something different. Let’s hear from those of you who have landed that amazing job. Don’t be shy; brag away! How did you get it? What tools were most important? Tell us in the poll below, and feel free to elaborate in the comments.