Brad Goodfellow paid �95 for the advert
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An unemployed man has placed an advert in a newspaper "selling himself" to potential employers.
Brad Goodfellow, 35, from Newport, was made redundant three weeks ago from his job as a business development manager at a solicitors firm.
But with two young children and a baby on the way, he said he was taking "positive action" to find another job.
The advert in the Western Mail describes his skills, job history and qualifications.
It says: "I can sell your business! Talented and ambitious business development manager awaits your business."
It then lists his experience, before adding: "This proven international sales professional is committed to success."
Mr Goodfellow said staff in the newspaper's advertising department "didn't quite get it" when he first asked to buy an advert.
But after he told them what he wanted, they helped work out a price for it - �95 for a 8cm by 6.5cm slot in the Media Wales-owned newspaper's jobs section on Thursday.
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"I don't think they'd seen anything like it before," said Mr Goodfellow, who has a HND qualification in marine engineering.
"But I think more people should do it so they could have a page for people to advertise themselves for employers to see.
"By doing this I'll hopefully get people talking about it. You never know what opportunities are out there."
Mr Goodfellow said he was not given any notice or any redundancy money when he lost his senior job in the solicitors firm, which he does not want to identify and where he had worked for just under a year.
The company worked in the conveyancing industry, which is struggling because of the current economic climate.
Brad Goodfellow had applied for more than 60 jobs before placing his advert
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He said he is not too worried about redundancy because he said he is "fortunate" that he and his wife Suzanne do not have a large mortgage, have savings and no debts.
But he said he wanted to turn the situation into a "positive" and find a job he would enjoy, while securing the future for his children Oliver, four, Aimee, three and the baby boy his wife is expecting in July.
"There's always a positive out there. To be honest, I was under such pressure before and I wasn't happy in the job I was doing. So I was actually quite relieved to leave," said Mr Goodfellow, who was also made redundant about five years ago, for which he received a pay-off.
"But I want to get a job before the birth. I would like to do something challenging.
"I have had interviews already so I'm being very active. I've applied for over 60 positions over the last three weeks.
"But I don't want to rest on my laurels. I want to make sure I do everything I can."
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