Huge response as graduate advertises his services on side of busy highway
By: CATHAL DERVAN | Published Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 7:39 AM | Updated Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 8:25 AM
An unemployed marketing graduate has been blown away by the response to his plea for a job to save him from emigration – on the side of one of the busiest roads in
Dublin.
Feilim Mac An Iomaire spent his $3,000 savings on the massive billboard advertisement that offered his services to prospective employers from the side of the Merrion Road.
The advert features a photo of the 26-year-old facing landmarks from
New York,
London and
Sydney with a message attached – Save Me From Emigration.
The graduate told the
Irish Independent that he resorted to the shock tactic after spending eight months on the dole following his return from a year long working trip to
Australia.
“I had a good bit of money saved when I came home from
Australia but I was managing to live on jobseeker’s allowance,” he revealed.
“I gave it a week of hard thinking to come up with the concept and nothing was going to stop me then.
“The great thing is that everyone’s been so positive about it, no one has really had a bad word to say.
“Everybody who is close to me knows I’ve been pretty miffed about being unemployed and feeling like I’ve been on the sidelines.”
A
Facebook page and a
Twitter account are part of his ‘Jobless Paddy’ campaign which has provoked huge interest.
“I’ve had some really nice replies, some CV experts are willing to spruce up my CV so I’m pretty overwhelmed with that,” revealed Mac An Iomaire.
“It looks good for something to come out of it anyway. I am not exactly looking for a concrete job offer, I would sooner go through the whole process of doing an interview.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Towngate | Jun 03, 2011, 04:28 AM EDT
"Fortune favours the brave", they say, so good luck to him. On the subject of 'fortune' - he had enough to go travelling for a year and enough for the poster... and I am surprised he was allowed to claim 'jobseekers allowance' with three thousand in the bank! No wonder he wants to stay in 'softy Ireland'!
paricaliswishes | Jun 01, 2011, 06:13 AM EDT
He obviously knows there's no place else like ireland and i know what he mains.
mamaginnty | May 31, 2011, 08:49 PM EDT
Good for you boyo,