Teen hopes YouTube can find his dad a job

Zac Bissonnette

Mar 19th 2009 at 10:00AM

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With the unemployment rate pegged at 8.1%, one unemployed Miami man's 14-year old son put together a YouTube video to help him find a job.

The video led to thousands of hits, hundreds of emails and a few promising job leads. No word yet on whether it's been successful -- but an appearance on the Today Show should certainly help.

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