2022 graduation without any jobs offered

[Anonymous]

I graduated in 2001. Hardly anyone had a job and those of us that did were deferred and started 6 months late. Same deal for the 08-09 grads - although it took a bit longer for that cohort to get back on their feet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

This is BS. You need 4500 hours of project manager experience to get a PMP cert. If she didn’t have an internship for 2 years, there is no way she has that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I graduated in 2001. Hardly anyone had a job and those of us that did were deferred and started 6 months late. Same deal for the 08-09 grads - although it took a bit longer for that cohort to get back on their feet.

Graduating into a recession sucks. A lot of grands from those years never quite catch up because when hiring resumes, a lot of companies look to fresh graduates for entry level jobs not 24 year olds who have strung together whatever jobs they could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

This is BS. You need 4500 hours of project manager experience to get a PMP cert. If she didn’t have an internship for 2 years, there is no way she has that.

You have no idea what you 're talking about.  The 4,500 hours can be accumulated through volunteering and those numbers can also get inflated.  They just don't have the resources to verify the actual number you put on the application.  The 4,500 hours can be easily gamed.  Happen all the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with taking the summer to recover, relax, travel, and socialize while looking for work. My DD is a bit burned out after college (which was significantly impacted by Covid restrictions) and will not be starting her job until the fall. My understanding is that career services will still work with graduates over the summer. Agree to cast a wide net.

Career services *should* work with graduates until they have a job!! Cannot imagine paying $150k+ and not having a job lined up. Bad for the college’s brand, for sure.

Career services offices are usually quite happy to assist new graduates and other alumni; they retain robust networks of recent and not-so-recent grads so that they can continue to make matches and demonstrate the lasting value and relevance of the school and its programs. Any recent grad without a job should absolutely stay plugged in.

You’re really exaggerating their prowess. If the 20- and 30-somethings in career services knew how to get a good job… they wouldn’t be working in career services for $40k a year.

[Anonymous]

There are companies that hire 21 year olds straight out of college to be PMs? How are they going to actually do the job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are companies that hire 21 year olds straight out of college to be PMs? How are they going to actually do the job?

OP is a troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are companies that hire 21 year olds straight out of college to be PMs? How are they going to actually do the job?

There is a 22 years old PM government contractor at my agency with a PMP cert. Definitely normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone is in the same boat as my DD? History major from UVA without any jobs offered so far.

"The world needs ditch diggers, too." - Ted Knight, Caddyshack (c) 1980

[Anonymous]

get a job in sales.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are companies that hire 21 year olds straight out of college to be PMs? How are they going to actually do the job?

OP is a troll

Well I am not OP and my grad is working as a camp counselor. He has not really started looking for a real job yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with taking the summer to recover, relax, travel, and socialize while looking for work. My DD is a bit burned out after college (which was significantly impacted by Covid restrictions) and will not be starting her job until the fall. My understanding is that career services will still work with graduates over the summer. Agree to cast a wide net.

Career services *should* work with graduates until they have a job!! Cannot imagine paying $150k+ and not having a job lined up. Bad for the college’s brand, for sure.

Career services offices are usually quite happy to assist new graduates and other alumni; they retain robust networks of recent and not-so-recent grads so that they can continue to make matches and demonstrate the lasting value and relevance of the school and its programs. Any recent grad without a job should absolutely stay plugged in.

You’re really exaggerating their prowess. If the 20- and 30-somethings in career services knew how to get a good job… they wouldn’t be working in career services for $40k a year.

Tough but fair. Reminds me of a recruiter I knew. She lasted 6 months before she took a lucrative job at Microsoft which she discovered while working as a recruiter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I graduated in 2001. Hardly anyone had a job and those of us that did were deferred and started 6 months late. Same deal for the 08-09 grads - although it took a bit longer for that cohort to get back on their feet.

Graduating into a recession sucks. A lot of grands from those years never quite catch up because when hiring resumes, a lot of companies look to fresh graduates for entry level jobs not 24 year olds who have strung together whatever jobs they could.

What recession? All of my daughter's friends are getting paid $10,000 to $25,000 this summer to intern in New York, Seattle, or California.