Until he chanced upon Alex Moreno, Chiedozie Ojogho – known as Dozie – was possibly the highest qualified car salesman in Australia.
“I have always been applying for jobs,” said Mr Ojogho, 39, who migrated to Australia in 2014. “But nobody would give me a chance. For a long time I didn’t understand why.“ He had been advised that since he was new he should not deal with customers wanting to buy the top of the range vehicles but Mr Moreno asked to see Dozie when he arrived to inspect one.“I was a cold call searching for a car and he just happened to pick up by call. I came to see him and we ended up doing a transaction. I just really enjoyed working with him and felt his professionalism was really good,” said Mr Moreno, who is now a partner at KPMG. “I just kind of trusted him.
Mr Moreno referred Mr Ojogho to senior staff at Accenture and advised him how “you can brush yourself up” – which included large amounts of specialised technical study.When COVID-19 hit and his commission-based pay dropped to “$200 or $300 a week” as he did not qualify for JobKeeper, Mr Ojogho left car sales and found work through a contact at the social enterpriseCEO Sue Boyce says his story is very familiar.