Frustrated French jobseeker Laurent Le Bret resorted to posting his CV during December on a giant roadside billboard, saying “all he wanted for Christmas was a job”, reports FRANCE 24.
His seasonal wish came true. The 41-year-old, unemployed for the last five months, has just been offered a temporary position “that will probably turn into a full-time post after three months”.
The four-metre by three-metre billboard went up on the side of the RN7 motorway just outside the Riviera town of Antibes in south-east France on December 17.
Alongside a picture of a smiling Le Bret complete with Santa hat, his CV read: "Trilingual operations manager seeks position in hotels, restaurants, tourism and leisure.
“All I want for Christmas is a job.”
Within 10 days he had been contacted, interviewed and had started his new position as operations manager with the Azureva holiday resort near Antibes.
Read more of this report from FRANCE 24.