About to graduate from the University of Michigan Ross school and still jobless

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OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

So what is his area of focus? I see both start-up and government on here, which couldn’t be more different. What did he study?

[Anonymous]

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OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

This is so wonderful.
The best people here.

[Anonymous]

I graduated without a job from a private T20. First job began in Sept following grad and lasted 18 months - then I got my stuff together.

By 45 was making seven figures a year.

Kid will figure this out!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know 2 people set to graduate Chicago and Emory this year with no jobs. They are actually moving to Israel for work. They didn’t secure internships last summer so this is not a “blame Trump” situation. Not a “blame Michigan” situation either. WS is always feast or famine. And stop saying “The Street,” you DC people are so cringy.

You can graduate from anywhere, but if you don’t have any meaningful internships then it will be tough to find a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

[Anonymous]

This is why I’ve set my kid up with two “corporate shadow” gigs this summer. Unpaid but prestigious names for resume.


Kids need help with this nowadays as the job market is too tight. Use every personal connection.

Finishing freshman year of college now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

Stop policing. You are the absolute worst kind of bored parent here.
Ugh. Get a life.
Your kids aren’t even in college anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

I wish this site would have an edit button. Obviously I misread your original statement about looking for work only in the DMV. Once again, best wishes for your son. I’m sure he will find what he’s looking for over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

I’m the Consulting Partner that offered to connect, the offer still stands. I’m sorry to hear about your son’s job search difficulties, it is a challenging time for recent graduates. It appears he’s doing all the right things. An internship and job offer from a VC is very impressive. While it doesn’t feel like it right now, those achievements will help him in his interviews. Those in the industry know how competitive and demanding those jobs are. Tell him to continue to build his network and don’t be bashful about reaching out to alumni for assistance. I get multiple requests weekly and help as much as I can. Capital One, Navy Fed Credit Union, PenFed, Carlyle, Nestle, Mars, Marriott, and Hilton are some of the large private sector employers in this area. Has he had any luck with them?

I’ve overcome numerous challenges in my career and credit my Michigan education and network in helping me get through them and thrive. Last month, I helped a classmate refined the product offering for his new start up pro bono. So don’t lose sight of the long term goal and don’t second guess your DS’s decision. For what it’s worth, it took a lot of my classmates and me over a year to land a job during the Internet Bubble burst. We’re all successful in careers today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sis in law graduated from Ross a few years ago with an accounting degree and had tons of job offers.

Accountants will always be in demand.

AI will replace 80% of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

DP, I would add your kid already got a rescinded job offer. This is about the economy, not the school. You can tell this by the other bad news in your environment. There is no school that can fully insulate you from the economy. I just noticed an acquaintance recently "left" McKinsey after 18 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why the hell did he go to Michigan if he was instate for UVA? That makes no sense. That was a dumb decision on your part.

Are you clinically insane? Michigan is solidly a tier above UVA.

This is the problem with people who have a shallow mindset.
Ranking is their religion, and they choose schools based on rankings.


Schools provide you with opportunities to bring out your potential — the rest is up to you.
Especially in these cases, the two schools have minimal differences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

+1 Blaming Ross for the general economic woes brought about by the Trump/tariff craziness is not logical. I know an Ivy kid whose biotech position offer was rescinded because their funding stream was cut. Their parents aren't blaming the Ivy league degree--the kid is talented and will find something else. I'm sure OP's kid will too.

[Anonymous]

I work in the tech sector - this is just a terrible time to be looking for a job - companies are still figuring out exactly how to fit AI in, we're still in hangover mode after overhiring/overfunding during covid, and then on top of it this whole trump trade war put the final nail in the coffin for any hiring, esp. of junior folks - i've been shocked at the number of cold outreach i've gotten from folks from undergrad cs and top mba programs looking for a job - and I just don't have anything for them, when in past years I would have at least had some place to send anyone that was looking. I had a team of 12 two years ago, now I have 5 on my team and I'm only able to add HC with very clear ROI, and we're aggressively figuring out what can be automated. Every company in tech - small to big has had multiple rounds of layoffs at this point - all of them. They just aren't talking about it. I think the scale of tech layoffs honestly is on the scale of the absolutely asinine public sector layoffs that the idiots in charge are orchestrating (I live in DMV). It's just less concentrated because it's not just in one market and has been more slow-motion.

So your kid is not alone, and also in tech, there's much less stigma right now for folks that have gotten laid off, folks that don't have that job offer, or had one rescinded. As recently as a year ago, getting laid off or not having an offer in hand at graduation basically tagged you as a poor performer whether fair or not, and there was a huge, huge bias in tech against anyone not employed for any reason, but I've really seen that shift - right now everyone is realizing that it's just a terrible job market, and there are a lot of great candidates that are going to be looking for a while. When we do have a position open we are looking at open candidates - when before it was like "I want someone with a job, the people looking are never good." Total change in perspective right now as folks have seen great folks be let go for esoteric reasons.

Have some empathy for your kid - it's a really, really rough job market out there, but they will get something. It's so much harder for them than it was for the vast majority of us. And 1000000% not the school. Mich is highly respected nationally - acting like you can only get a job in the midwest with that degree is very ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, I’m a Michigan Ross Alum and a Partner at a consulting firm. Let’s figure a way for me to connect with you or your son. At minimal, I can help him polish resume and discuss job search strategy.

I haven’t read all the posts, what type of function or industry is he pursuing?

Please let us know if the OP contacts you. I’m still thinking this might be a troll posting.

OP here. I hate it when people say “troll posting” without having facts.

DS had internships in his sophomore and junior year, and received a full time position upon graduation. However, the offer was rescinded due to the company ran out of VC funding. He received another offer in December but it was cancelled because the whole department got layoffs. He reached out to several of his mentors who were Ross alum for advice and resume read. Two of them were fired because they were on probationary federal employees.

DS has been researching/applying for jobs as a full time job in itself, but he is not having much luck. Two of his friends from Ross are also currently jobless. He is looking for positions all over the country. His cousin graduated from Ross last year, and worked for Intel. He was informed by his manager that he will be layoffs in two weeks.

Your first post was made around 10.00 AM. Your next post was made 10 hours later. Hard to have facts when they aren’t forthcoming in a timely manner. That’s was why some were suspicious of the authenticity of your original statement. You also made it sound like your DS was only looking for work locally in the DMV. He still is in Ann Arbor, since graduation is next weekend, which also brought confusion to some of us. I wish him well in his search.

DP, I would add your kid already got a rescinded job offer. This is about the economy, not the school. You can tell this by the other bad news in your environment. There is no school that can fully insulate you from the economy. I just noticed an acquaintance recently "left" McKinsey after 18 years.

+1

OP's additional info indicates the problem is not about Michigan as much as about how our economy has been blown to bits in the past 3 months by chaotic "decisions" made by the current administration.