Engineer gets job after standing on Johannesburg street corner
Updated | By Scenic Drive With Rian
Engineer Ayanda Mbatha landed a job after standing on a corner with his CV.
For months, engineer Ayanda Mbatha stood on the corner of Jan Smuts Avenue in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg - formally dressed while handing his CV to passing motorists.
In October, Mbatha landed a job as a project engineer at an engineering firm in Midrand.
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The Scenic Drive team was joined by Mbatha to share more about his incredible journey and not giving up to pursue his dreams.
"I got retrenched. When COVID hit - it was the last one in, the first one out."
"I went to the street corner, to get a job."
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