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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have him work beach jobs this summer and get roommates. He should easily make $30,000 - $40,000 for 3-4 months of work with a little hustle. Then he can reevaluate.

Workers at Seacrets make bank.

10,000 a month as a beach lifeguard? What am I missing..

Work a couple of jobs. Bartenders at Seacrets make bank.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have him work beach jobs this summer and get roommates. He should easily make $30,000 - $40,000 for 3-4 months of work with a little hustle. Then he can reevaluate.

Workers at Seacrets make bank.

10,000 a month as a beach lifeguard? What am I missing..

I think the beach patrol pays $20 per hour,

Server at Seacrets, Bartender at Seacrets, get a second job somewhere else. Big money to be made at the beach.

[Anonymous]

Clean condos at the beach for $400 -$500 for the day, in cash, on Saturdays. Pick up two other jobs.

Big money for those with some grit.

[Anonymous]

Send him to the military recruiters. Join as an officer.
The pay is decent as an officer.

He will have a lot of job options when he leaves the military.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have him work beach jobs this summer and get roommates. He should easily make $30,000 - $40,000 for 3-4 months of work with a little hustle. Then he can reevaluate.

Workers at Seacrets make bank.

10,000 a month as a beach lifeguard? What am I missing..

I think the beach patrol pays $20 per hour,

Server at Seacrets, Bartender at Seacrets, get a second job somewhere else. Big money to be made at the beach.

LOL what is your obsession with seacrets? It's nothing special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send him to the military recruiters. Join as an officer.
The pay is decent as an officer.

He will have a lot of job options when he leaves the military.

The kid I know who graduated college last May and is in officer training had a 4.0 GPA with a double major in undergrad + decorated varsity athlete.

They will tell OP’s kid to get lost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP why are you being so coy about his major and field? We could give you much better advice if we knew.

They're probably embarrassed that DS wasted his ivy league educational opportunity on something lame and embarrassing like English Lit or Philosophy.

DD is graduating from an Ivy next month and has had no issues finding internships, even during covid, or a post-grad job.

OP's son sounds lazy, tbh. Graduating from an ivy is not enough to secure a job like it used to be decades ago.

[Anonymous]

Imho there is more to this story than lack of internships. He may have depression or ADHD. He can start by teaching at public/private school or community college. They have shortage of teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP why are you being so coy about his major and field? We could give you much better advice if we knew.

They're probably embarrassed that DS wasted his ivy league educational opportunity on something lame and embarrassing like English Lit or Philosophy.

DD is graduating from an Ivy next month and has had no issues finding internships, even during covid, or a post-grad job.

OP's son sounds lazy, tbh. Graduating from an ivy is not enough to secure a job like it used to be decades ago.

English literature and philosophy aren't lame and get you in many jobs requiring analytical skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP why are you being so coy about his major and field? We could give you much better advice if we knew.

They're probably embarrassed that DS wasted his ivy league educational opportunity on something lame and embarrassing like English Lit or Philosophy.

DD is graduating from an Ivy next month and has had no issues finding internships, even during covid, or a post-grad job.

OP's son sounds lazy, tbh. Graduating from an ivy is not enough to secure a job like it used to be decades ago.

English literature and philosophy aren't lame and get you in many jobs requiring analytical skills.

Then why is OP posting this thread? Her son should have no problem then right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imho there is more to this story than lack of internships. He may have depression or ADHD. He can start by teaching at public/private school or community college. They have shortage of teachers.

Lol your aimless kid with a bachelor’s degree cannot teach at a community college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imho there is more to this story than lack of internships. He may have depression or ADHD. He can start by teaching at public/private school or community college. They have shortage of teachers.

Lol your aimless kid with a bachelor’s degree cannot teach at a community college.

He can definitely get hired as a public school substitute to start with. Just need a pulse and pass the basic background check.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP why are you being so coy about his major and field? We could give you much better advice if we knew.

They're probably embarrassed that DS wasted his ivy league educational opportunity on something lame and embarrassing like English Lit or Philosophy.

DD is graduating from an Ivy next month and has had no issues finding internships, even during covid, or a post-grad job.

OP's son sounds lazy, tbh. Graduating from an ivy is not enough to secure a job like it used to be decades ago.

English literature and philosophy aren't lame and get you in many jobs requiring analytical skills.

Then why is OP posting this thread? Her son should have no problem then right.

What kind of jump in logic is this? You are the one who brought up English and Philosophy majors, not OP.

[Anonymous]

My nephew graduated from an Ivy last year with a communication degree and no job.  He spent six months after graduation working at an exclusive golf country club.  He happened to be a very good golfer and got noticed by corporate senior management who are members at the club.  He got to play with them whenever they were short handed.  They found out that he graduated from Ivy so one of the COO gave him a job at the Fortune 500 company.  He was recently promoted to Senior Director and he is making around 285K/yr.  The moral of the story is to hustle and get close to important people.  Good things will happen.  A degree from Ivy will get people attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nephew graduated from an Ivy last year with a communication degree and no job.  He spent six months after graduation working at an exclusive golf country club.  He happened to be a very good golfer and got noticed by corporate senior management who are members at the club.  He got to play with them whenever they were short handed.  They found out that he graduated from Ivy so one of the COO gave him a job at the Fortune 500 company.  He was recently promoted to Senior Director and he is making around 285K/yr.  The moral of the story is to hustle and get close to important people.  Good things will happen.  A degree from Ivy will get people attention.

Where is the hustle in this story?