Instead of asking for a handout, this homeless man gave out resumes — now he has hundreds of job offers.
One homeless man learned the value of perseverance after standing at a street corner handing out resumes.
David Casarez, 26, moved from Texas to California in order to launch his own start-up. However, due to the high costs involved, Casarez ran out of money, leaving him with nowhere to live and no transportation.
Although he was sleeping on a park bench with nowhere to go, he did not get discouraged. Casarez decided to stand on a street corner holding a sign that read “HOMELESS. HUNGRY 4 SUCCESS. TAKE A RESUME.”
Caserez told the Independent Journal Review, “I wanted to keep my head up high, keep looking forward and see what opportunity would come next. I was thinking, you know, like this was like my last stop. If this didn’t work, I’d go back home and give up on my dream.”
One passerby, Jasmine Scofield, took notice and posted a picture on Twitter of Caserez handing out resumes with this caption:
“Today I saw this young homeless man asking for people to take a resume rather than asking for money. If anyone in the Silicon Valley could help him out, that would be amazing.”
The post quickly went viral, and Casarez started receiving multiple job offers.
Caserez said, “I knew it would be posted on social media, I didn’t know it would blow up like this. I’m trying not to take any money, I really do just want a job opportunity, that’s all I’m asking.”
Several tech companies in Silicon Valley have contacted him with job offers, including huge companies like Google and Pandora.