My kid has a master's in public administration but is unemployed
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This is why he can't get a job! No one wants to hire someone with this profile! |
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His mentor from undergrad is retired/has dementia now. In the summers he largely didn't do office work, rather did service industry type stuff. In 2019, the summer between sophomore and junior years, he did an internship for 30 hours a week for college credit for a city manager. The summer before he graduated, pandemic summer 2020, he worked 20 hours a week entirely remotely for a congressional campaign. After graduation, he taught for 3 weeks at a for profit school in an inner city. Then waited tables for 6 months, finally got a 100% remote analytics job for 6 months, then went to Northwestern and finished in 4 straight academic quarters. |
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I would drop the rope. He either needs to find his own drive or not. You’ve done your duty. He’s a grown up with degrees, plural. Let him figure it out. |
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Yes SPS but in person, not remote. Thank you. He should have gone to Maxwell at Syracuse, darn it. |
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I get that. Thanks, but he does need to find paid work because he can't live in my house rent free indefinitely. |
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+1 It probably comes across during interviews. I think it's fine for a parent to give advice and general guidance, but ultimately, the adult child needs to take action. Did he think that a masters from a some top school would easily get his foot in the door? I went to a no name state u and don't have a masters, but I got an internship (paid) during my junior year in college through the career office. It wasn't an exciting or interesting job, but it got my foot in the door, and I gained some experience all while being paid. They eventually offered me a FT after graduation, which I took. I come from a lower income immigrant background, and I could not rely on my parents to support me, so I took whatever job that had the highest pay that was offered to me (I had a couple of offers). I have one DC in college, freshman, and they have already started going to internship fairs and landed an interview. I stressed the importance of internships to DC starting in HS. My nephew never got an internship while they were in college; never did any kind of research, or even a PT job (always had some excuse), and they had a really really hard time finding a job after graduation. It took several years to find something, and the pay was very low. |
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Right, but if he can't find a job in his field, what other job has he tried to apply for? He needs a job to pay his way. |
Anonymous
Yep. If he's applying to fed jobs right now with no experience, he should stop wasting his time. I assume he's applied to contractor positions? Interning with a contractor or getting onboard at entry level is doable. |
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| I was a full time nanny for 2 years out of college and did a volunteer position with an organization in my target field on nights and weekends until I met enough people and networked my way into a job. |
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Is it too late for him to apply to PMF, presidential management fellow? Google.
Sorry but he likely needs to intern. Some internships pay now, at least minimum wage. I hope you are not paying for extras for him and that you are not doing his laundry etc. |
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You can’t online masters your way out of entry level work.
Go volunteer on either a presidential campaign or one of the big campaign committees (DNC/RNC/the state party). Usually the January volunteers are picked up for paid jobs quickly. If the candidate wins, they will find him a job. If the candidate loses, he can find a job on the Hill or in a non-profit/trade association. |
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Yes we are covering all his expenses, car, healthcare and sometimes even his laundry. Both his father and I have drive. What a spoiled lazy egghead it appears we’ve raised 
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