HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Daniel Seddiqui, known as the world’s most ambitious job seeker, will be the fourth and final speaker for the 2015 Ray and Stella Dillon Lecture Series at Hutchinson Community College.
He will lecture on Monday, Nov. 16 at 10:30 a.m. in the Hutchinson Sports Arena. The lecture is open to the public. Cost to attend the lecture is only $10, with students admitted free.
Seddiqui is known as the world’s most ambitious job seeker, yet has been named by USA Today as the most rejected person in the world. Failing more than 40 consecutive job interviews and sending out 18,000 emails seeking a job after college graduation, he embraced 5,000 more rejections with his goal of finding and working 50 jobs in 50 states.
He’s now an international bestselling author, highly recommended speaker, tv/film producer, and director of an innovative career exploration college program, in which students have the opportunity to experience a rapid prototyping of work and culture across America.
Seddiqui has been featured on many national and international media outlets. He’s earned his spot as a job seeking expert and cultural analyst contributor. His story is featured in a million textbooks worldwide and his book has been used as a common reader in classrooms around the world
He enjoys staying competitive with long distance running, a sport he was a nationally ranked collegiate athlete at the University of Oregon and USC and successful Division 1 collegiate coach. He’s training for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
2015 is the 34th season for the Dillon Lecture Series on the HCC Campus. The 2016 season will kick off in February with Dr. Beck Weathers, survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy and inspiration for the major motion picture Everest.
For more information on the Dillon Lecture Series, or Hutchinson Community College, visit the college website at www.hutchcc.edu/dls.