Tampa woman hands out resumes at intersection

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Kathy Maloney lost her sales job in May.

TAMPA (Bay News 9) -- Since Kathy Maloney lost her sales job in May, things haven't been easy.

She doesn't have money or a car, but she has the drive to get it all back.

"You can be at home depressed," she said. "I've been through that depression, what's it going to do me any good. You know, it's not going to do any good. You have to get out and see people in person."

Maloney spent the morning on busy Dale Mabry Highway handing out her life's work on a piece of paper.

"I appreciate any help," she told one driver. "Because this is desperate and this is very close to being an eviction."

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Hitting the streets with resumes in hand is also a way to show off her marketing skills.

"They see you and they are going to remember you and that's marketing," she said.

Some drivers understand the desperate times.

"It's different, interesting, but hey, if it works, it works," said driver Danielle Rodriguez. "The economy nowadays sucks."

It only takes Maloney an hour and hundreds of handouts to get some hopeful calls.

"That's more response in one hour than I've had in three months, compared to the Internet, compared to job fairs, everything," she said.

Maloney landed job interviews with a law firm and a marketing company. Her persistence also got her free resume copies from a nearby daycare. "La Petite" gave her more copies each time she ran out.