Conversation so far:
What was Percy Sledge's first job?
He worked in a series of agricultural jobs in the fields in Leighton before.
When did he get into music?
Through the mid-1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends.
Did he go to college?
CANNOTANSWER.
How did he get discovered?
A former patient and mutual friend of Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two.
Was he a doctor?
an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama.
How long was he there?
he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965.

Question: What did he do after that?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Percy Sledge do after being laid off from a construction job in late 1965?