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French man who was unemployed tried new way to get job. He put his CV (résumé) on giant billboard. billboard was next to very busy road. It was four metres long and three metres high. There was photo of man wearing Santa Claus hat. There was message on billboard that said: "Trilingual operations manager seeks position in hotels, restaurants, tourism and leisure." About 70,000 people day could see CV from their car. Jobseeker Laurent Le Bret, 41, said: "All I want for Christmas is job." His idea worked. holiday resort contacted and interviewed him. He started his new position as operations manager ten days after he put his résumé on billboard.

Mr Le Bret had help from owner of billboard. He was going to pay to put his CV on billboard. However, advertising company decided to give him space for free. Mr Le Bret saved 2,000 euros (about $2,700) because he did not have to pay. advertising company is called Pisoni Publicité. company's CEO spoke to France 24 news agency. He said: "We thought it was interesting idea. When people come up with ideas like this we are always keen to see what we can do. We’re very happy to prove that what we do works, and that Mr Le Bret is back at work." Many people contacted Mr Le Bret after he got his job. They want to try same thing. There are 3.3 million unemployed people in France.

 


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