JOB-SEEKER ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS THANKS TO HIS GIANT CV!

Job-seeker, James Pemblington, is literally on the road looking for a new career after winning a competition run by Dragons’ Den entrepreneur, Ed Hollands of DrivenMedia and fast-growing UK job board, Zoek.

His image and giant CV will now be seen by at least 100,000 people travelling up and down the UK’s road network on the back of a huge lorry until he finds a new job!

James, who lives near Nottingham, was made redundant in July from his job of five years as a technical project manager at a theme park. He said: “The corporate events industry has been hit hard during the pandemic. Looking for a new role in the current climate is hard, so to have this extra exposure to potential employers is massive! I feel so lucky and grateful to Zoek and DrivenMedia. Getting back to full time work to support my wife and two young sons means everything to me.”

Entrepreneur Ed Hollands, who runs the giant CV brand, DrivenMedia, joined forces with Zoek to create the opportunity as he was aware that many people were losing their jobs at the moment and he wanted to make a difference.

“I have this platform and I felt if I could support one person who has lost their job through no fault of their own, simply because of this difficult time, then it would be worth the investment. My client, Zoek, who have supported my own business for over a year, agreed with me, so we launched this competition to find a candidate who wanted to ‘go big’ with their CV.”

Ed continued: “James stood out from almost 200 other job-seekers, because he had a really positive outlook and we thought that he was being really innovative in his attempts to find work. Who on earth thinks of having an edible CV?”

James’ CV consisted of a chocolate brownie with a QR code on it. When a potential employer scans the QR code, they are taken to a website showing his CV and a video about him, his interests and projects. James said: “When I saw the DrivenMedia/Zoek competition, it seemed to me like the logical next step to go from an edible CV to a giant CV on the back of a lorry!”

Diana Campbell, Zoek’s Managing Director said: “Having seen how powerful lorry advertising has been for our Zoek brand awareness campaign, we are thrilled to offer this opportunity to a resourceful job seeker like James. This type of advertising will help James stand out even more and give him an even better chance of securing a new job.”

It is estimated the mobile CV billboard featuring Zoek’s brand and with James’ face and CV on it will travel for 30 hours per week, covering around 1,200 miles and be seen by around 100,000 pairs of eyes! 

*The picture shows Ed Hollands of DrivenMedia (left) with job seeker James Pemblington. Photograph taken by Junction 16 Aerial Media Ltd. 

To find out more about DrivenMedia, go to: https://www.drivenmedia.co.uk

To find out more about Zoek, go to: https://zoek.uk