When did your kid land their post-gras job?

[Anonymous]

Self selection. You will only hear from parents bragging about their kids. Most kids are having a hard time landing jobs.

[Anonymous]

My DS went to a middling private school and was on the baseball team (D3 baseball.). He graduated in May '25. We got lots of grief for sending our DS to a "no name school just to play baseball." There were 10 seniors on the team. Two are going to grad school. 1 was still looking for a job at graduation - I have no idea if he's been hired anywhere. The other 7, including my DS, all had jobs before graduation.

[Anonymous]

DS had a tentative job offer at the end of his internship after junior year. Had another offer by end of senior Fall semester from the company he did his capstone project with. Over winter break he got a firm offer from the internship company and accepted that.

It's a tough market out there. He said at graduation that the classmates who had jobs almost all were from internships. And I've seen the same with friends who have kids the same age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS had a tentative job offer at the end of his internship after junior year. Had another offer by end of senior Fall semester from the company he did his capstone project with. Over winter break he got a firm offer from the internship company and accepted that.

It's a tough market out there. He said at graduation that the classmates who had jobs almost all were from internships. And I've seen the same with friends who have kids the same age.

Well…that is how jobs work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD got a Big 4 offer last week, she's going into her senior year

What major?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got a Big 4 offer last week, she's going into her senior year

What major?

Philosophy and Japanese studies

[Anonymous]

Both my kids ('23 and '25) had internships that lead to jobs. One kid T10 Engineering other kid VA public Finance major.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got a Big 4 offer last week, she's going into her senior year

What major?

Philosophy and Japanese studies

So, the Big 4 offer is for consulting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got a Big 4 offer last week, she's going into her senior year

What major?

Philosophy and Japanese studies

So, the Big 4 offer is for consulting?

Nope IB Deloitte.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Self selection. You will only hear from parents bragging about their kids. Most kids are having a hard time landing jobs.

this^ my kid struggled a bit with internships but was gritty and landed tech presales with data / econ - $140k first year out and working on hottest AI initiative - happy as a clam in NYC. Good lesson keep plugging, will be ton of rejection

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Self selection. You will only hear from parents bragging about their kids. Most kids are having a hard time landing jobs.

this^ my kid struggled a bit with internships but was gritty and landed tech presales with data / econ - $140k first year out and working on hottest AI initiative - happy as a clam in NYC. Good lesson keep plugging, will be ton of rejection

Doesn’t sound like he struggled. He’s making a 90th percentile first year out? I severely doubt this kid had problems getting a job.

[Anonymous]

DD, going into her senior year, just finished her summer internship.

Firm didn't give out return offers this year. What's next?

She is worried that lots of full-time program openings are already going to be filled by previous interns from this summer.

[Anonymous]

DS graduated from a top lac with degrees in religious studies and English. He’s making $85k out at a publishing firm in New York. He got the job 2 weeks before graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Self selection. You will only hear from parents bragging about their kids. Most kids are having a hard time landing jobs.

this^ my kid struggled a bit with internships but was gritty and landed tech presales with data / econ - $140k first year out and working on hottest AI initiative - happy as a clam in NYC. Good lesson keep plugging, will be ton of rejection

Doesn’t sound like he struggled. He’s making a 90th percentile first year out? I severely doubt this kid had problems getting a job.

he worked for it - useless SLAC career center advised him to “reach out to family friends” to initiate job search. 65% have jobs from his class of 2024, which is pathetic for the $90k+ we paid. Going thru it now with younger kid and we’ve learned valuable lessons. He could’ve got the same job paying a fraction at state flagship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Self selection. You will only hear from parents bragging about their kids. Most kids are having a hard time landing jobs.

this^ my kid struggled a bit with internships but was gritty and landed tech presales with data / econ - $140k first year out and working on hottest AI initiative - happy as a clam in NYC. Good lesson keep plugging, will be ton of rejection

Doesn’t sound like he struggled. He’s making a 90th percentile first year out? I severely doubt this kid had problems getting a job.

he worked for it - useless SLAC career center advised him to “reach out to family friends” to initiate job search. 65% have jobs from his class of 2024, which is pathetic for the $90k+ we paid. Going thru it now with younger kid and we’ve learned valuable lessons. He could’ve got the same job paying a fraction at state flagship

name the lac.