Picture the young man's misfortune: he's worked very hard, achieved some of the best academic results and has climbed that greasy pole of corporate banking with determination. Straight out of management school, he gets hired by Lehman Brothers who relocate him to London. Trainee position, first step on the career ladder. Two months into his job, the bank collapses in the world's largest bankruptcy case, sending shockwaves through the financial world.
Ashish Kumar, young and determined, has not given up. He has had little luck since his former employer vanished in a puff of smoke, yet every day he commutes into the city to his hired workspace, sends job applications out, keeps in touch with former colleagues and hopes for his chance. For our photo shoot, he even agrees to step into a cardboard box, a symbol of the bank's collapse last year. Wearing a fine suit, perfectly groomed, Kumar squats in the box and patiently endures my comments and flashlights. The result is good, on several counts: a week after the article's publication, he receives a job offer from Barclays Bank.
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