In today’s Roanoke Times, Jenny Boone did a fantastic job telling the story of one job seeker, Alex Ballin, and is proactive approach of doing something different and unique to make himself stand out among everyone else by standing on a street corner in Roanoke with a sign asking people to hire him.

This type of creativity is exactly what is needed, especially since he is a recent graduate with a social science degree who quite frankly does not have billable skill sets that are in demand in the local regional economy. Although, he does have good skill sets as seen in the story, and as a result, he is doing exactly what he must do to get noticed. Ultimately, this act will propel him in a position and his career will eventually take off.

Congratualtions Alex!