A desperate jobseeker who applied for 15,000 jobs with no success in the past ten years has resorted to advertising himself by wearing a 'hire me' sandwich board.

Robin Norton, from Birmingham, has a Masters degree in history and several NVQs(National Vocational Qualification) but has been overlooked by an endless slew of employers.

He has now taken drastic action, spending an entire day wearing a sign reading 'hire me please' and walking up and down the M5 slip-road at Bromsgrove junction in Worcestershire.

Mr Norton said: 'I have applied for around 25 jobs a week for the past ten years without getting anywhere. Sometimes I have applied for as many as 50 in one week. It is never-ending. I barely even get a response either, even just an email to say they had received my application but have not been accepted. I am looking for any full-time work - I’m not picky.'

Mr Norton, who worked for the Royal Mail for seven years, was a self-employed footcare technician until 2002 when his business went under.

Since then he has had odd-jobs including cleaning, gardening and building work, but craves the stability of full-time employment.

He said: 'Things were bad before but have become worse since the recession. Now I don’t think there is any chance of me getting work. It is partly down to the recession but also my age. Companies don’t want to hire anybody in their 40s. All the jobs go to the young up-and-coming jobseekers. I’ve got the qualifications but I can’t get the work. As soon as they see how old you are, they don’t want to know. It’s against the law to be ageist but in the real world, my world here today, it’s still here and it’s wrong.'

Despite all his efforts, Mr Norton has had no job offers - and only a handful of interviews - and he said hitting rock-bottom convinced him to try a new tactic.

沪江英语快讯：近日，英国媒体报道，一名不惑之年的历史研究生，求职十年，投出1500份简历，仍然求职未果。于是他挂出一块“请雇用我”的牌子，站在高速公路上，做起了人肉广告。据悉，他至今没有找到工作，只接到了少数面试通知。他自己对此的解释是：很少有公司会雇佣40岁左右的求职者，而且随着金融危机的影响不断扩散，求职之路愈发艰难。不过，即使打出了“人肉广告”，这位“高材生”仍然乏人问津。可见，“卖身求职”只能搏眼球，而真正对找工作有帮助的，还是要懂得求职面试的那些门道。外企面试英语，为你揭开求职的神秘面纱>>