Any parents out there who paid $200K+ for college, kid did great, and now can't find job?

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Anonymous wrote:peace corps. and then apply to graduate school

great idea!!

You don’t have to do this but you do have to hustle

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I don’t think anyone on this thread is actually an English major. Plenty of us are out there and do very well

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My sister works in tech and the hiring is pretty tight these days.

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Work on Capitol Hill as an unpaid intern for awhile.

Go to grad school for a masters in technical writing. All of the tech people need the writing people to coordinate and communicate their programs and projects.

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Anonymous wrote:Work on Capitol Hill as an unpaid intern for awhile.

Go to grad school for a masters in technical writing. All of the tech people need the writing people to coordinate and communicate their programs and projects.

Pouring more $$$ into grad school LOL

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Anonymous wrote:My sister works in tech and the hiring is pretty tight these days.

There is always a bull market somewhere in tech...right now it is Machine Learning Engineers and the AI folks if you have any skills.

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Anonymous wrote:Work on Capitol Hill as an unpaid intern for awhile.

Go to grad school for a masters in technical writing. All of the tech people need the writing people to coordinate and communicate their programs and projects.

Isn't generative AI like tailor-made to take over technical writing?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - major was English -- a beautiful major. The world needs more English majors.... especially from schools well known for their English & humanities departments. That should translate into many jobs in media, publishing, etc. And yes, with what we paid, no guarantees, but I would expect better assistance from the career center. The kid has worked so hard looking for a job and is not willing to be underemployed.

I appreciate the tecchies, but not everyone is made to do that work. The world needs some fuzzies, too. More than ever actually.

BTW - middle class burb family that has worked hard for it.

This seems like a small red flag to me? What do you mean that your child does not want to be "underemployed"? Everyone should pay their dues and those dues can really stink sometimes. But they get your foot in the door and more times than not, lead to very good things.

Did your child have any internships? What did they do to network over their breaks and summers prior to graduation?

Really? It seems like a huge red flag to me. The fact that someone is willing to be unemployed on this economy when it’s easy to find something to fill time when you’re looking is a huge red flag. I just hired a fantastic young person with a liberal arts degree from a directional who showed their tenacity in part by working in a restaurant while hunting for a professional job.

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Those with hustle and grit get hired.

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OP,

My niece was an English major from NYU. She worked a lot of jobs in college and also had some paid and unpaid internships throughout college.

She has worked consistently for tech companies post colleges. She gets calls from recruiters at other tech companies to poach her for other tech companies.

Tech companies do need English majors and do hire English majors.

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take on temp jobs
tutoring jobs
get a teaching job with public or private schools
get a teaching job at community college

Our president's wife is a teacher at community college. I would not call her under employed.

go to bartending school, she can make good money while applying for other jobs

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Anonymous wrote:My sister works in tech and the hiring is pretty tight these days.

There is always a bull market somewhere in tech...right now it is Machine Learning Engineers and the AI folks if you have any skills.

Know a recent grad in this sector, not happy, hoping to stick it out until vested, but that’s 5 years and what goes up can came down

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Has she talked to the military recruiters? If she says she does not want to be under employed I'd start driving her around to talk with all of the military recruiters.

The military seeks to hire well educated young people.
The military will also pay for grad school.

She would go in as an officer with a college degree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister works in tech and the hiring is pretty tight these days.

There is always a bull market somewhere in tech...right now it is Machine Learning Engineers and the AI folks if you have any skills.

Know a recent grad in this sector, not happy, hoping to stick it out until vested, but that’s 5 years and what goes up can came down

Sounds employed, though...yes? I assume OP would be ecstatic for their kid to be complaining about their highly-paid ML job.

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Anonymous wrote:Question for the pp who recommended attending lots of tech conferences as a path to finding a job. What does that mean exactly? Attend and cold-introduce yourself as a student interested in the field and looking for an entry level job? Or is it something else, or a more specific plan of approach?

Yes, introduce yourself to people who attend the conference, strike up a conversation and just listen, especially during lunch and happy hour. A lot of these people love to talk about what they do so just be a good listener. Also let them know that you're interested in finding a job. It comes down to the number of conferences you attend, the more you attend, the higher probability that you will get a job, regardless of your major.

I will say this, tech conferences are dominated by male nerds and if you happen to be a young good looking woman, they will trip over to find you a job in the tech world. To those techies, being with a good looking woman is like a godsend to many of them.

Not the PP but your daughter needs to gain some Dale Carnegie skills. She needs to ask open ended questions of everyone she can at the tech conference. Ask about the weather. Ask about sports. Ask about traffic. Ask about where the other person traveled from. The key is to get a conversation going and listen. When she is in line for coffee she needs to strike up more conversations. Have your daughter work on her Dale Carnegie/Napolean Hill conversation skills. Have her practice talking to people at the mall and at the grocery checkout.