Glenn Gibson has hit the road in search of employment. He is literally standing beside Gympie Road with simple sign saying: ``Please, I need a job.''

The 43 year-old Petrie man has been braving rain and shine at Lawnton over the last three days in an effort to return to full-time work to support his family.



``I'm going to be standing out here for as long as it takes until I get a job,'' he said.



'`People just pull over on the side of the road and I just give them one of my resumes and my phone number.'' I just thought it was a good idea because of the traffic flow.



``I've had rain on me and I'm terribly sunburned from the other day. It was 36 degrees and I was standing by the side of the road for 5 hours straight.''



He said the result had been ``absolutely fantastic'' but that the offers so far have all been part-time or casual.



``We're a family living on benefits and I've got to look at full time employment. I'm very open to any type of position and opportunity.''



He said he hit upon the determined idea when the standard job-finding routes turned up nothing for him.



``Applying for jobs on the computer you've got 50 to 60 people applying to the same position, so I just thought you've got to take measures into your own hands and think outside the square,'' Mr Gibson said.



``My partner has been battling leukaemia for the past two years, so I've been her primary carer.



``She's back on the good end of everything now and it's the perfect time for me to get back out there and do what a man's got to do and put bread and butter on the table.



``I've worked for the Cairns council. I've been a managing director of a childcare centre in New Zealand, a driver for a courier company and various types of labouring positions.



``I'm a little bit old so I tend to prefer to meet people face-to-face. They get a bit of a gauge of what sort of a person I am.



Do you have a job for Mr Gibson. Phone 0447 727 755.



