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

The that owns the billboard helped Mr Le Bret. It decided to give him the for free. Mr Le Bret 2,000 euros (about $2,700) because he did not have to . The company is called Pisoni Publicité. Its CEO spoke to the France 24 news . He said he thought it was an idea and that he wanted to see what he could do to help Mr Le Bret. He added he was it worked and that Mr Le Bret is at work. Many people contacted Mr Le Bret after he got his job. They want to try the same . There are 3.3 people in France who are looking for a job.

 


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