Sign stunt pays off for laid-off NYC man

Joshua Persky joined the accounting and consulting firm Weiser LLP at the start of the month.

He had been out of work for nearly a year.

Persky's sign struck a chord with journalists reporting on the financial crisis. He was profiled in local newspapers, on national TV and by global wire services.

But he only wore the sandwich board for a week, and he says it was his blog on business valuations that finally caught a recruiter's attention.

Persky says the new job will allow his wife and kids to return from Omaha, Neb., where they had been staying with family.