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In February, Foote Cone & Belding’s Nancee Martin got a résumé from a former Metropolitan Transit Authority worker that detailed his experience as a New York City bus driver and subway operator. “He was so familiar with traffic, he wanted to move into our traffic department,” explains Martin, chief talent officer. “I’m not against hiring outside the industry—but that one’s way too far afield.”

Tracey Taylor, senior account manager at Aquent in New York, says that last year she heard from a man describing himself as a “self-starter” who was ready to hang up his pest-control equipment for a job in production and design at the creative resources agency.

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