I want a job!
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A French man tried a new way to get a job. He put his résumé on a billboard next to a busy road. It showed the man wenring a Santa Claus hat with a message: “Trilingual operations manager secks position in tourism and leisure.”. |
PUT |
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The man did not have to pay. He saved 2,000 euros because the company that owns the billboard decided to give the space for free. |
NOT HAVE |
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About 70,000 people a day could see the CV from their car. This idea worked. A holiday resort gave him a job. He started it ten days after putting his résumé on the billboard. |
HE |
No more public phones
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The end is coming for New York’s public payphones. New York City officials said workers would remove all public payphones from the city’s streets soon. Payphones used to be everywhere in the city — on every street corner and in every park and public place. |
REMOVE |
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Many New Yorkers probably won’t even notice the phones are going. Most younger people have not seen one since birth. They may even have to read the instructions to use a phone. |
NOT SEE |
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Modern technology means the public phones aren’t needed. Additionally, they take up sidewalk space that could better serve people with disabilities and families with children in strollers. |
GOOD |