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

Mr Le Bret had help from the of the billboard. He was going to pay to put his CV on the billboard. However, the company decided to give him the space for . Mr Le Bret saved 2,000 euros (about $2,700) because he did not have to pay. The advertising company is called Pisoni Publicité. The company's spoke to the France 24 news . He said: "We thought it was an interesting idea. When people come with ideas like this we are always 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 want to try the same thing. There are 3.3 unemployed people in France.

 


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