"I'm in a blessed position to help a lot of people right now," said Sease, a father of three.
Sease had been looking unsuccessfully for work for a year when he decided to spend the day on a downtown street corner with a sign reading "Seeking Opportunities," "Resumes Available," and "I need a job." He handed out resumes, and won support from passersby used to seeing people begging for handouts instead of work.
The Sun-Times story about Sease's plight indirectly helped lead to Sease's new job. Sease included a copy of the story with a resume he sent to a potential employer, who granted him an interview downtown.
That company didn't have anything open right away, but Sease's walk down Michigan Avenue brought him another chance. While Sease waited for the light to change, a recruiter by the name of Larry noticed Sease had a binder full of resumes, and took one.
