How important for you was it that your child gets a job after college?
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Anonymous
| The prevailing view here seems to be that parents should not be involved in choice of a major. It seems to me that I and my husband may have insights that hope ensure that our DC will be able to secure a job after graduation. Is that not a consideration for some of you? |
Anonymous
| Of course its important for children to land a job after college, but it's certainly not my job to tell them what kind of job to get |
Anonymous
| It's ikay if they want to go to grad school first, after cillege. |
Anonymous
"not involved" "some insights" "demand": they're all different but I don't know that any of us don't want our kids to get jobs out of college or grad school. |
Anonymous
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I am in my early 30s, and we were getting jobs when the economy wasn't all that great.
Of all my peers, I've found the ones that floundered least have been the ones that had more mission-critical or high-exposure jobs right after college, that might not have been high paying. Either that or they found a mentor or had some valuable in-office mentor-ship. Those that went right to grad school for no real reason didn't always land. And those who took on jobs with real titles and ok money but ended up answering phones never developed skills to find their way. |
Anonymous
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Absolutely. I'm sure you also have insights with regard to who they date, when they marry and how their children should be raised.
Definitely make a point to impose those ideas on your kids. They love that. |
Anonymous
What a funny name for a thread. Is there really someone out there that hopes their child will remain unemployed after college? 
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Anonymous
| My DS IS AN English major. Essentially unemployed for 3+ years now. I wish I had been more involved in steering him away from English as a major. |
Anonymous
His unemployment has nothing to do with his major, and everything to do with not having thought about or knowing what his goals were during college. THAT'S where you should have been more involved. |
Anonymous
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Since when does your college major guarantee a job after graduation?
I majored in Business and my first job was receptionist. Is that the clear progression you're talking about OP? |
Anonymous
| I have a special needs boy. I'd like to steer him toward higher-income college majors, but he might not be up to it. The only thing I can think to do is to let him find his own way. |
Anonymous
This is a really good observation - salary may not correlate to value in the first paying job. The first few years out of college (or even grad school in some cases) should be thought of as an apprenticeship period. That said, you do have to be careful of being taken advantage of by bogus unpaid internships. Also, those low-paid, mission-critical jobs can be pretty hard to get! I guess the point is, if your kid lands a very low paid job in a very dynamic organization for a few years out of college, don't worry about it. |
Anonymous
You might have mentioned your boy had special needs in your opening remarks. It would have saved you from reading some of the snarky remarks. With that said.... http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2011/12/02/17-great-colleges-for-students-with-special-needs/ http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/09/21/20-incredible-colleges-for-special-needs-students/ http://www.d214.org/assets/1/workflow_staging/Documents/11579.PDF |
Anonymous
I'm not the OP. Thanks for the links. |
Anonymous
I didn't know Michigan had a special needs programs. Depending on his need, what a great college if he can get in. Good luck! |