Thu, 24 May 2012
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Frustrated with rejections, recent graduate Daniel Seddiqui set off on an epic road trip to land a job in all of America’s 50 states.
The economics graduate applied for any post he could, no matter how seemingly irrelevant or far removed from his first choice of career in the finance industry.
"I'm showing people that if you take a chance and try new things, there are jobs out there," he said, after government data revealed 651,000 jobs were lost in February, propelling the unemployment rate to a 25-year high of 8.1 percent.
Seddiqui set up most of the jobs in advance and found places to stay on the road, most often with his employer or a co-worker. "I've stayed with all kinds of people, from cowboys to Indians to Arabs to rednecks to just about everybody," he said.
Daniel is like a breath of fresh air. It seems the work ethic here in the US has been replaced by egotistical or lazy job seekers.
My husband lost his job in the construction field in the mid 70's when at one point the unemployment rate reached 9%. There was no papa Obama throwing hard working taxpayer's money around to bail out incompetence.
Instead of wringin our hands and whining I searched till I found a good paying position even though it awas 70 mile roundtrip everyday. He stayed home and took care of the children.
I have to laugh when someone thinks they can support a family of four working for minimum wage. There is no ambition to do better when the government supports them from one generation to another not to do better.
One of their favorite complaints is that in America you can have a job and still be poor.
Daniel is like a breath of fresh air. It seems the work ethic here in the US has been replaced by egotistical or lazy job seekers.
My husband lost his job in the construction field in the mid 70's when at one point the unemployment rate reached 9%. There was no papa Obama throwing hard working taxpayer's money around to bail out incompetence.
Instead of wringin our hands and whining I searched till I found a good paying position even though it awas 70 mile roundtrip everyday. He stayed home and took care of the children.
I have to laugh when someone thinks they can support a family of four working for minimum wage. There is no ambition to do better when the government supports them from one generation to another not to do better.
One of their favorite complaints is that in America you can have a job and still be poor.
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