An unemployed architect desperately looking for a job has found work by disguising his appeal as a lost cat poster he plastered around town.
Dylan Lopez, originally from Albi, a commune in the Tarn department of France, had been searching for a job in his home without luck since graduating.
The 22-year-old, who is an architect specialised in spatial planning, had started to despair before he came up with his innovative plan to get a potential employers’ attention.
He made posters featuring a photo of a cute kitten which looked like an appeal for a lost pet, and then set about putting them up around town.
But the text under the picture does not describe the missing animal, but instead gave potential employers a brief summary of his skills.
Lopez wrote about his skills and personality traits in a small presentation of himself.
At the end of the text he invited employers to request his CV and included his e-mail address for potential employers to get in touch with him.
Passersby could even take home his phone number by pulling out paper strips attached to the poster.
And Dylan’s plan worked like a charm because since he started placing hundreds of posters around Albi, the young Frenchman says he has received a dozens job interviews, with more still coming in after reading the lost cat poster.
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Story By: Anastasia Tsougka, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
