Just a reminder that you're a lot closer to being homeless than you may think..... Former manager panhandles for work in Downtown Nashville By Wendy Lee • THE TENNESSEAN • September 30, 2009 function changeFontSize(inc){ var p = document.getElementsByTagName('p'); for(n=0; nvar numDivs ="1";if (GDN.Cookie.Exists("GCIONSN") ) { var GPCookie = GDN.Cookie.Get('GCIONSN'); var GPvalueEncData= GDN.Base64.Decode(GPCookie); var GPvalueDecData= GPvalueEncData.match(/GPvalue:([\w\@\.\-\%\|]+)/i); if(PaginationArticleCookie != PaginationArticleUrl || GPvalueDecData == null || GPvalueDecData == 'undefined' || typeof(GPvalueDecData) == 'undefined') { var saxoNextPage = "90930026%7C2%7C1"; var saxoPreviousPage = "90930026%7C1%7C1"; } } else { var saxoNextPage = "90930026%7C2%7C1"; var saxoPreviousPage = "90930026%7C1%7C1"; } Brandon Witt, a former location manager at car rental company Hertz Local Edition, took job-hunting to a new extreme on Wednesday. triggerAd(1,PaginationPage,5); The 33-year-old held a cardboard sign telling people he is looking for work and ready to hand out his resumes at the corner of Fifth and Church streets in Downtown Nashville. “The homeless seem to get a lot of attention and I’m stealing a trick from them,” said Witt, sporting interview attire--a black suit, bright blue collared shirt and a tie. Witt says he has been unemployed for a year and a half, as a result of corporate downsizing at his workplace. To keep up with his bills, Witt works as a server at Logan’s Roadhouse near 100 Oaks Mall, earning about $10 an hour. Witt used to earn $45,000 a year. Witt says he has sent hundreds of resumes, visited businesses in person and gone on interviews, but nothing has landed him a job yet. Witt said he came up with the idea after reading about others who have held up signs at busy places to get a job in other cities, including recent college graduates. Witt said he plans to hold up the sign all week at various locations. "Whatever ...