MONTREAL, April 21 (UPI) -- A Canadian man in Montreal is so fed up with being unemployed, he's posted a $5,000 reward to anyone who gives him a job lead that results in work.

Antoine Saidy told CTV News he's been unemployed for six months and has sent out some 500 traditional applications, but he's getting nowhere.


Saidy said the reward wasn't for his next employer, but rather the person who recommends or directs him to the job.

His last contract job was as a data and research assistant for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, he said. He has a graduate degree in political science and economics, and speaks English, French and Lebanese Arabic, he said.

Saidy said he's also posted his offer on such social networking Web sites as Facebook and Twitter, with links to his professional profile on LinkedIn.

"I know there are a lot of jobs out there," he told the broadcaster. "It's just that, I don't know why I don't get noticed."