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  • February 5, 2009 05:38 PM EST by Alexis Glick

    50 Jobs, 50 States: One Man's Mission

    It's not every day that you meet a kid who is so disgusted with the job market that he decides to pack up and pursue 50 different jobs in 50 different states. This morning, I talked to a remarkable young man named Daniel Seddiqui, a professional job hopper, who graduated from USC and got rejected from over 40 job interviews. 

    Daniel set out on a journey to explore the country and explore any and all job opportunities in a range of fields. Right now, he's in New Orleans bartending on Bourbon Street. So far he's worked at Home Depot, had a logging job in Oregon, worked as a petroleum engineer and is currently in his 21st job and state. He's never stayed in a hotel. He's $65,000 dollars in debt and has stayed in his car 9 days out of the 20-week journey thus far. He's a great kid with a great attitude who, along the way, has been offered 13 book publishing deals and 8 movie deals. Take a look. He's one cool kid.

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chuck

I admire this young man. I proves that if we are willing to do whatever it takes to get a job we can have success. It might now be what we want or are qualifield for but we can survive the times. I was a owner of 10 million dollars logistics company that failed. I got all of my employees place with other companies. When the time came for me to get a job I was out of luck in the management end of transportation. For e years I was an over the road truck driver. I hated every minute of it. Being away from family for up to 21 days at time. I went from aincome of 135,000 to 60,000 per year. My point is that I survived for better times and now I have a 115,000 year job in the transportation industry doing work that I love has a regional manager. I know that all people are not the same but if we quit playing sorry for me role and see what the silver lining might be I can promise any of you that you will find talents and abilities that you did not know you had.

February 8, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Joseph C. Eichel

"a professional job hopper": What a jerk! How many jobs has this guy made a job commitment to only to walk out a week later? Why give this guy national news time?

February 6, 2009 at 11:50 pm

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  • Alexis Glick is an anchor for FOX Business Network. Prior to joining FOX, Glick served as a correspondent for the Today Show and co-anchored the third hour of that program. Before her stint at NBC News, she was the senior trading correspondent for CNBC and reported from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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