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澳父亲50箱啤酒换儿子一份工作

　　澳大利亚昆士兰州的一位父亲近日打出广告，称如果有人愿意收他儿子做电气工学徒，他将免费为其提供50箱啤酒。这位父亲表示，他和儿子之前已经投递了很多份简历，但都没有任何回音，他认为用这些啤酒作为对儿子未来的投资很值得。据悉，他的儿子之前一直与母亲在丹麦生活，因为丹麦经济不景气才于5个月前回到澳大利亚找工作。目前，有不少人对免费啤酒广告表示兴趣，但还没有人真正愿意提供工作。这位父亲说：“如果这招都不管用，我就不知道还有什么办法管用了。”

　　A Queenslandfather is offering a year's supply of beer to anyone who willemploy his 19-year-old son as an electrical apprentice.

　　It is not the average "employmentwanted" advertisement.

　　It reads: "Free beer - one year'ssupply. Fifty cartons in exchange for electrical apprenticeship formy 19-year-old son. Local, hardworking, reliable, desperate, not aquitter."

　　It then provides the mobilenumbers before finishing up, "Legitimate offer, no BS."

　　The ad was placed by Paul McVeigh,a desperate Mackay dad.

　　"We put out a few resumes anddidn't have any feedback. I actually didn't think it was such a bigdeal," he said.

　　"Just come up with the idea andthought it was a bit of a laugh and see what would happen and it'sonly a couple of grands worth of beer. I think it's a worthyinvestment in your son's future."

　　His son is Nick McVeigh, who hadbeen living with his mother in Denmark until five months ago.

　　"I was just trying to get startedwith a trade but the Danish economy is a bit different at themoment so I gave Australia a shot," he said.

　　So far, the McVeighs have not hadmuch luck.

　　"We've been around and we haven'tfound anything so far. I've showed up at stores in person and stillnothing. Sent out resumes to more than 100 places at least, allover Queensland," Nick said.

　　Paul McVeigh is a fitter andturner in the mines. He says it is not as easy to find work,despite the resources boom.

　　"It's a very competitive industryof course. It depends on where you live and if you're willing totravel and it's a different life in the mines," he said.

　　"It is a lot harder than youthink."

　　Not thirsty?

　　The offer of free beer has notexactly impressed one local business.

　　Christine Bower is the officemanager at A Plus Electrical and Air conditioning in Mackay. Shesays Paul McVeigh walked into her office with the offerrecently.

　　"And I just threw that resumestraight in the bin because I feel as though his son should havecome in with his dad and I don't believe that the dad should haveto do all the running around to get his son a job," she said.

　　But Paul says his son has beendoing plenty of job hunting

　　"We both ran around handing outleaflets the other day," he said.

　　The campaign is reminiscent of thejobless Irish graduate who last year spent his life savings on abillboard asking prospective employers to "save him fromemigration".

　　And just like Ireland, there hasbeen a lot of interest in the offer of free beer.

　　Paul says there has been a lot ofinterest, but he just hopes it turns into a job.

　　"If this doesn't work I don't knowwhat will," he said.