Unemployed graduate spends last 500 in his bank account on billboard begging for people to EmployAdam

(Adapted from an article in the Independent by O. Duggan and C. Hamilton on January 3, 2013.)

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As thousands of recent graduates go _______ (1) the New year unemployed, one enterprising young hopeful ___________ (2 MAKE) his own desperation for paid work the centre of ________ (3) advertising campaign that ___________ (4 GO) viral yesterday. Adam Pacitti, who ____________ (5 GRADUATE) __________ (6) the University of Winchester with a First Class degree ________ (7) Media Studies, ____________ (8 UNVEIL), earlier today, a billboard in the London borough of Camden ________ (9) reads I spent my last 500 ______________ (10) this billboard. _________ (11) give me a job, complete with a link _______ (12) his website, employadam.com, and _______ (13) 10 foot self-portrait. Within 24 hours, almost 10,000 people ____________ (14 TWEET) references _______ (15) the billboard, and ________ (16) many again visited his website for more information ______ (17) the unconventional job application. The 24-year-old ________ (18) the Isle of Wight is yet ___________ (19 OFFER) his much sought-after job in TV production, _________ (20) he is optimistic that his off-the-wall approach ___________ (21 BRING) success. This is it for me, he told The Independent. I ______________ (22 JUST LOOK FOR) a job, that what _______ (23) is all about. I ______________ (24 GET) enough attention now that Im hoping someone ____________ (25 COME ALONG) and offer me one soon, hopefully in production. I ___________ (26 HAVE) no formal job offers yet, but fingers crossed __________ (27) a day or so I should have something. Adam said he ____________ (28 LAUNCH) the campaign after hundreds of failed job applications and a string of only moderately successful home-made documentaries left him __________ (29) a clear career path. I _____________ (30 PROBABLY SEND) 200 CVs out, but its so difficult ___________ (31 STAND OUT) on paper, he said, ___________ (32 ECHO) the concern of thousands of graduates who _____________ (33 FORCE) ____________ (34 FIND) interesting answers ________ (35) questions like what would you say your weaknesses are in the workplace? This is my way of __________ (36 TRY) to stand out. I had a summer job in an arcade, ________ (37) I ___________ (38 DO) every summer for the last three years, but I finished that in late September and I ___________ (39 BE) out of work since then. The billboard, which was actually 530 _____________ (40 INCLUDE) VAT and genuinely did cost Adam every penny in his bank account, ________________ (41 ACCOMPANY) by a

4-minute video CV, in which the unemployed graduate makes a series of humorous pleas ___________ (42) gainful employment.
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I am desperate, _________ (43) I think I _____________ (44 SHOW) that desperation, he said. I mean, all graduates are victims of the ___________ (45) recession. People are willing to work ________ (46) free, and thats not easy. Their parents are able to fund them, but unfortunately I ___________ (47 NOT HAVE) that luxury. Its difficult to find a paid, entry-level job in media _________ (48) anywhere. __________ (49) Adams approach is original, the situation he ___________ (50 FIND) himself is far _________ (51) uncommon. Rebecca graduated ________ (52) a 2.1 BA Hon degree in Media Arts and Cultural Studies at St Marys University College, Twickenham. She said, Since ___________ (53 LEAVE) university I ____________ (54 STRUGGLE) to get into a career and I am desperate for an employer ___________ (55 GIVE) me a real opportunity. I feel like __________ (56 GO) to university was a waste of time. Career services that __________ (57) a living finding recent graduates work have been quick to warn _________ (58) others __________ (59 USE) such unusual methods of jobhunting. A spokesman for TARGET jobs, the largest database of graduate employers in the country, said, We applaud Adam for __________ (60 HAVE) a go at what hes done, and within his industry it is _________ (61) they want to see. Its all __________ (62) showing ingenuity and creativity. But he needs to make sure that _________ (63) hes in front of these people _________ (64) interviews he can back it _________ (65). All hes done is put his CV in front of their face, basically. Its _________ (66) something we would recommend for other industries.
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