Daniel Seddiqui Gets One-Week Jobs in All 50 States

Working a one-week job in each state

Many people are finding it difficult to obtain employment is this difficult economy. But can you imagine having 50 jobs lined up for you? How about 50 one-week jobs, one in each state, one after the other? That’s what Daniel Seddiqui, 26, has on his plate.

Dinesh Ramde reports for the Associated Press that Seddiqui is on a cross-country road trip filled with one-week jobs. He has chosen each job because it “symbolizes the state’s most famous industry,” he says. He wants to “appreciate the labor” and explore each region.

The University of Southern California graduate has an economics degree. Despite a 3.7 GPA, he had difficulty finding work after college.

It began in September 2008

Since starting in Utah, Seddiqui has been a park ranger in Wyoming, a corn farmer in Nebraska and a wedding coordinator in Las Vegas. In Week 23 (late February 2009) of the journey, he was a cheesemaker in southeast Wisconsin.

“I would say cheesemaking was as hard as logging in Oregon,” he said. “Everything here is done by hand so there’s a lot of heavy lifting.”

To know someone, work a week in their job

Seddiqui insists that this is no gimmick. He sincerely wants to “learn about cultures across the country and develop a respect for what other people do” and hopes to inspire others as he has been inspired. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Daniel Seddiqui Gets One-Week Jobs in All 50 States"