“I just left my driveway with no money. I was negative $65,000 from school loans and I bought my car right before I left…” remarked Daniel Seddiqui of California to a local reporter.

Seddiqui’s situation is not uncommon to a vast majority of recent college grads, also not unlike the plight a hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country, but how he has found resolution to it is.

Seddiqui didn’t let the rising unemployment crisis keep him down. Instead, he used the primary characteristic used by the founders of our great nation- ingenuity- to address and conquer his state of affairs.

With an ingenious plan to overcome his unemployment predicament Seddiqui set out on a pilgrimage to find 50 jobs in all 50 states.

Partnering with his ingenuity this enterprising 27 year-old recent college graduate used his resilience and determination to guide his plan.

“[I] just made it all work. I had no other options,” Seddiqui told reporters.

The Man

After having failed over 40 job interviews within his chosen field of economics Daniel Seddiqui decided he was going to put the power back in his hands and find jobs where others aren’t looking.

This resulted in his cross-country journey to small towns and big cities alike.

The Plan

Success for Seddiqui is finding temporary employment which produces enough income to keep his trip alive.

In regards to his earnings and temporary assignments Seddiqui explains to reporters:

“I’ve probably made from $50,000 to $60,000 this year. And I have saved all of it. Three-thousand dollars in one week when I was in Minnesota medical device manufacturing. And the lowest is probably $100, but I was working with Amish people building furniture.”

Some of the other jobs Seddiqui has found himself in are working as a marketing specialist, a first-base coach for a minor league baseball team, and a lobster fisherman.

The State of Unemployment

Even with the Department of Labor recently releasing their weekly statistics of unemployment claims, noting claims are down by 38,000, the news that unemployment is still on the rise and should reach a staggering 9.5 percent is an overwhelming aspect to the reality we as a nation are facing. More people are filing bankruptcy, too. More than 1 million people could file this year.

But it is news of stories such as Seddiqui’s, which prove that ingenuity, innovation and determination are the trinity for success now and in the future.

Most citizens in a similar situation of needing adequate employment but having little apparent options to do so should take note of Seddiqui’s plan.

Not so much for the idea he created but for the concept behind it.

Not everyone can set out on a trek of temporary employment in ever-changing locals, but anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation of needing employment can find opportunity amongst the shrouds of their everyday surroundings.

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