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

Mr Le Bret had [help / helpings] from the owner of the billboard. He was going to [paid / pay] to put his CV on the billboard. However, the advertising company decided to give him the [spacing / space] for free. Mr Le Bret [saved / savings] 2,000 euros (about $2,700) because he did not have to pay. The advertising company is called Pisoni Publicité. The company's [OEC / CEO] spoke to the France 24 news agency. He said: "We thought it was an [interesting / interested] idea. When people come [down / up] with ideas like this we are always keen to see what we can do. We’re very happy to [proof / prove] that what we do works, and that Mr Le Bret is [backing / 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 [million / trillion] unemployed people in France.