Ivy League son is graduating next month with a rubbish GPA and no FT job offer

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[Post New]04/01/2023 11:09
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Anonymous
He also blamed lack of summer internships on Covid, so his resume has practically nothing on it. Is it truly this difficult to land an offer in this uncertain economy, especially this late in the school year, or is he lying to us? Or is he nearly vacant resume as a graduating senior a huge red flag? He said he has submitted his resume to dozens of posts on the college's online job portal but he never gets responses. I have no way of verifying this.
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:10
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Anonymous
Which Ivy League school and what was his major ?
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:13
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Anonymous
nobody cares about GPA. He probably needs to reach outside of his school's "online job portal" whatever that is.
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:13
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Anonymous
What’s his major?
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:30
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Anonymous
Why is he waking up to this realization only after 4 years?
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:33
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Anonymous
When I graduated from an Ivy with an engineering degree back in 1991, I only knew one person who got a job by May. We all managed to become productive citizens since. He’ll be fine.
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:36
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:When I graduated from an Ivy with an engineering degree back in 1991, I only knew one person who got a job by May. We all managed to become productive citizens since. He’ll be fine.

Is this 1991?
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:39
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Anonymous
Dose s is not that many. He needs to look on Linked in and indeed etc. and empty resume is a bit of a red flag. Employers will think he doesn't know how to do anything and is lazy.
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:40
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Anonymous
One word - Plastics.
[Post New]04/01/2023 11:59
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:When I graduated from an Ivy with an engineering degree back in 1991, I only knew one person who got a job by May. We all managed to become productive citizens since. He’ll be fine.


Engineering and you didn't have any internships? No employer offered you and your friends jobs at the end of your rising senior summer internships?
[Post New]04/01/2023 12:01
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Why is he waking up to this realization only after 4 years?


I'd rather not say exactly. Liberal arts department. And if you ask him, he just fell into it. Not a passion.
[Post New]04/01/2023 12:02
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Anonymous
Your, it’s insane to go straight into a job
[Post New]04/01/2023 12:02
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Anonymous
Good! Not your^^^^
[Post New]04/01/2023 12:09
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Anonymous
Has he done anything substantive to show interest in his field while in college? Did he do research for a professor? Did he join any professional societies? Intern during the semester anywhere? Work a campus job? A summer job?

It's been 1.5 years since COVID were rolled back. If he has done nothing to sell about himself, he's just lazy.
[Post New]04/01/2023 12:10
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Has he done anything substantive to show interest in his field while in college? Did he do research for a professor? Did he join any professional societies? Intern during the semester anywhere? Work a campus job? A summer job?

It's been 1.5 years since COVID were rolled back. If he has done nothing to sell about himself, he's just lazy.

Oh, and yes, it's a huuuuuge red flag.
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