After six months without work, job seeker Laureen Bassett resorted to handing out flyers to morning traffic along East Broadway.“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” the Smith’s woman, a training consultant, told The Royal Gazette, adding: “Make that innovative measures.”Vowing to get a new job by 2012, Ms Basset took to the street, saying: “Sitting at home filling out applications wasn’t doing it.”By the day’s end, she reported getting a “fabulous” number of calls including from executives overseas.It began early in the morning, when Hamilton motorists passed a series of signs saying ‘Need Work’ and ‘Have a Degree’, followed by a well-dressed woman handing out a CV with an invitation to talk about employment.Asked why she had gone public, Ms Bassett said she had signed a contract for a job but the company was unable to hire her.“They had to rescind their contract because they couldn’t afford to take me on,” she said. “I was disappointed, but I’m not bitter about it.“I understand things like that happen. I just know that I need a job.”She said she had applied for every job she could find during the last six months.“I’d get there and find 200 people trying to get the same job,” she said. “I decided I needed to stand out from the rest.“I know that companies are looking for individuals who are forward-thinking, problem solvers, who are creative and innovative and effect change.”Ms Bassett, who has primarily executive experience, said many had stopped to collect flyers, and employers had already sent people to talk to her.“It’s tough out there. The figure we’re hearing is that 2,000 to 3,000 people are out of work. Personally, I think it’s double that. But it’s important to stay positive.”Ms Bassett said her main area of expertise is in administration and project management. She is a certified lead auditor.“I’ve been a volunteer for the Mental Health Tribunal,” she said. “I was also chairperson for the Smith’s Parish Council.”Asked what her dream job would be, she replied: “It could be in training, banking, design; I do a variety of things. I just want to sit with people, show them my credentials and talk about work.”Less than 12 hours later, Ms Bassett said she’d received 23 calls and nine e-mails.“But what’s been interesting is that I’ve been contacted by executives from overseas,” she said, listing calls from St Louis and Chicago in the US, as well as the Bahamas.“Two of them wanted to discuss partnerships in business, some involve projects, and I’ve received local offers for administrative work.”Ms Bassett added that overseas propositions which she said included a hotel owner came from people who had spotted her story in the online Gazette.