Alfred Ajani is proof that thinking outside the box when pursuing one’s dreams is the key to success.
Last month, we told you about Ajani, the 22-year-old Coventry University graduate who was unemployed for several months, and decided to stand at Waterloo train station holding up a placard advertising his degree and credentials
Alfred
Ajani, 22, feared he was getting nowhere after unsuccessfully applying
for more than 300 jobs following his graduation in May.
He
got up early to intercept passing city workers at the busy London
station last month, holding a sign saying: 'Marketing Graduate - Please
ask for a CV'.
The director of the company just
happened to be at the train station on that day. And although he wasn’t
one of the people that stopped to talk to Ajani, he later got in touch
with him via Linked In.
The company was looking for candidates who had the ability to “think outside the box,” and the enterprising graduate proved to be the perfect candidate.
“The job is one I wouldn’t have got if I hadn’t gone to the station that morning, so I advise anyone out there who is in the same position I was to think of more direct ways to speak to employers,” says Ajani.
Alfred Ajani’s first day at work! His colleagues wear some awesome t-shirts to welcome him :) |
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