NEW YORK - You may have seen him roaming the streets of Manhattan, affixed with a sign advertising himself as an "MIT grad for hire."

Joshua Persky, the once cash-strapped father of two, has landed a well-paying job at an account firm on Park Avenue in Midtown.

Persky was hired as a senior manager for Weiser LLP last week, roughly a year after he was laid off by the investment bank Houliahn Lokey, and about six months after he started hitting the pavement handing out his resume to passers-by.

"I liked his resume. He had great business sense, great experience and great references," Elliot Ogulnick, his new boss, told the NY Post.

During his time as a walking job ad, Persky says he went on several job interviews but unfortunately nothing ever materialized due to the mid-summer stock market crash.

So instead of hitting the pavement again, Persky took his desperate pleas to the web.

He set up a blog documenting his experience and eventually a headhunter spotted it and brought it to Weiser's attention.

"It feels so great to be back at work," Persky said.  "I went through some frustrating times, but everyday I tried to be optimistic."