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Katherine Maloney lined up 2 interviews while handing out 100 resumes at the corner of Humphrey Street and North Dale Mabry Highway this morning.

Tampa Woman Uses Street Smarts In Job Hunt

Fifty-four-year-old Katherine Maloney, out of work since May and fresh from a trip to the pawnshop last night to get cash to feed her dogs, took her plight to the street this morning.

At the break of dawn, she stood at the corner of Humphrey Street and North Dale Mabry Highway and handed out 100 resumes. Her face-to-face style may have paid off. About an hour after she started, she had gotten three bites.

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