#Contrataamipadre, the moving gesture of a desperate son become viral in Spain

A 26-year-old Spaniard has denounced the precariousness of the job and is looking for work for his 59-year-old father in a famous video on the Internet.

With the slogan #Contrataamipadre, the video shows a young person who gets up, prepares a resume and is quoted in an interview for a job.

When the job interviewer asks how it is possible that with his preparation, he has no work, the real image of the father appears, an older man, who answers: "Because I'm 59 years old".

The initiative began on Tuesday, April 2 when the young Catalan Jordi Pascual Jalón published on Youtube the video titled "Do not be fooled, it's the reality of employment in Spain", which in a few days has got some 8,000 views and innumerable comments on Twitter and other social networks.

"That the age is not judged, please, that the knowledge is rewarded and that the age is that of the maturity", asked the young man today in statements to Efe.

"They do not give him an opportunity (to work) and excuse, or they do not tell him, or they are not looking for such a big profile, he is 59, he does not want to do it. is not a retiree, "said his son. make video

His father has three university degrees and two masters. He has always worked in the business world and was a financial director of a company until his dismissal nine years ago.

"With the experience that he has gained over the years, occupying managerial positions and finding no job … I do not think about it", commented his son.

Unemployment in Spain exceeded five million people in the first months of 2013 due to a severe economic crisis that began in 2008, but has started to decline to 3.25 million, or 14% of the workforce, according to official data.