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

Mr Le Bret had help from the owner of the billboard. He was to pay to put his CV on the billboard. However, the advertising company to give him the space for free. Mr Le Bret saved 2,000 euros (about $2,700) because he did not have to . The advertising company is Pisoni Publicité. The company's CEO to the France 24 news agency. He said: "We it was an 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 that what we do , and that Mr Le Bret is back at work." Many people contacted Mr Le Bret after he got his job. They to the same thing. There are 3.3 million unemployed people in France.

 


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