An unemployed worker, who didn’t even have enough money to print his resume, has shown that a little determination mixed with social media goes a long way.
Carlos Duarte, 21, who is hunting for work approached cafe worker, Eugenia Lopez, in Cordoba, Argentina. He explained he couldn’t afford the minor expense of printing his resume so she had an idea: scribble it on a piece of paper.
He closed the resume by thanking Lopez for accepting it and asked if she could forgive him for turning in the resume on a the handwritten note.
Impressed by Duarte’s penmanship, Lopez, shared her fellow Argentine’s resume on her Instagram and Facebook account.
It has since gone viral and Duarte’s phone has not stopped ringing with countless job offers.
Carlos Duarte’s handwritten resume went viral over the weekend after he told an employee of a local Argentine cafe he couldn’t afford the minor expense of paying for printed copies
‘It caught my attention that he did not have [money] to print and the sheet was so neatly written on, with two pens,’ Lopez told Todo Noticias.
‘I never thought the post that I published was going to be shared so many times and that today Carlos has a job interview.’
As of Tuesday, her Facebook post has generated over 9,000 shares and more than 9,000 likes.
Duarte, who lives with his aunt, had previous experience as a waiter, dishwasher, masonry and added that he had worked in sales before.
Carlos Duarte (left) was discouraged since he couldn’t afford to pay for resume copies. Eugenia Lopez (right) had an interesting idea, write it on a piece of paper, and it went viral
Feeling a bit discouraged because he was not in possession of a properly formatted resume, Duarte was still motivated before taking on his most recent job seeking journey.
‘I woke up and said, ‘I don’t have a resume but I am still going to try,’ he recalled.
‘With enthusiasm, like always, I said, ‘today I am going to find a job.’ But I was a bit shamed that I did not have a resume. I felt uncomfortable.’
Duarte’s eagerness to join find employment coupled with Lopez’s self-responsibility to help the young man led to two job interviews on Monday, at local bar and a window manufacturing company.
‘I gave Eugenia my resume and she posted it on social media,’ Duarte said.
‘Now she is my angel.’