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BERLIN (Reuters) - When Abdul Kader Tizini graduated with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen, one of Germany’s top technical universities, he thought it would be a matter of weeks before he landed his dream job.
Syrian Abdul Kader Tizini who graduated with a master's degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen, poses in front of a stone wall at the campus of the university in Aachen, Germany, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Just over a month later the coronavirus spread to Germany, stopping a decade-long employment boom in its tracks.
Now, some 800 job applications and 80 interviews later, the 29-year-old Syrian is still in search of work.