Lucky: Timber factory director Vince Champion, left, spotted jobless Mark Wheeldon, right, and gave him work after a 20 minute interview
After spending the last two years out of work, 23-year-old Mark Wheeldon was fed up of living on benefits and concocted a plan to get him noticed on the job market.
He decided to stand on one of the busiest roundabouts and advertise himself to passing motorists during the morning rush hour.
He was so nervous about the job hunt mission that he lay awake all night before rising at 5am in the morning to create a sign from a piece of cardboard.
But he was flabbergasted when, after nearly three hours spent standing in a torrential downpour, timber factory director Vince Champion came to his rescue.
He spotted Mark on his way to work and returned to collect him, giving him an interview straight away and offering him the job just 20 minutes later.
''I had been out of work for so long, looking after my partner and doing all the little things for her like brushing her hair.
'All that time I had been looking for a job, but because I had been out of work for so long I had no current experience or references.
'One day, I decided to make a fresh start and get my life back on track. I stayed awake all night just thinking about what I was going to do.
'When I got up the next morning, I wasn't put off by the rain in the slightest. When you are desperate for work you will do anything to find a job.
'The whole time I was stood there I was just hoping that someone, anyone, would stop and ask for my number. It was all I could think about. I was freezing and soaked to the skin.
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Well done Mark. I'm sure many many drivers passed him and shook their heads thinking that he was perhaps wasting his time. Well he certainly proved them wrong. Making the sacrifices he made to take care of his ailing partner and having the guts to go out with a sign demanding a job really paid off. Good Luck
I hope could only hope that our youths could learn a thing or two from Mark, rather than resolve to this....
