2022 graduation without any jobs offered

[Anonymous]

I was an art major and didn't even look for a job when I graduated because I was living across the country from where I would be. I worked retail for a few months, then got an internship in a related field, then was hired at another company and my career took off. You don't need to have a career coming out of school, but you do need to be working and busting your butt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are 4 million more jobs than there are people in the workforce. Do you live under a rock OP and haven’t heard of the Great Reshuffle or Talent shortages? Your grad should have a job by now if she has been really trying. My rising sophomore has a paid internship at a Fortune 10 company. She secured it with one virtual interview…

Oh gee, my kid's not as talented as yours is. Count your blessings.

I don’t know about talent. But your kid is definitely not driven focused or goal oriented. it likely explains the pursuit of a History degree without goals for law school or pHD, so yes, relative to many kids yours is aimless right now. Not a dig. A fact.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

What in the F@$k are you talking about? You think going to college and sauntering about doing a mediocre job deserves an automatic job? Stop, you are an embarrassment...learn the whole story before you bloviate stupid takes.

[Anonymous]

Most of the history majors I know end up in the hospitality industry until they go to grad school. This has been true for many decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the history majors I know end up in the hospitality industry until they go to grad school. This has been true for many decades.

OP's kid's issue has nothing to do with what their major was. Anyone with ambition and a strong GPA, resume from UVA can do literally anything outside of engineering with a history BA. Wall Street, politics, media, tech, literally anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

This is absolute BS.
NP

[Anonymous]

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

What kind of job did your child think she'd get with that degree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

LOL. I graduated without a job. I did have a scholarship to go study abroad for a summer, so I did that. Came back to US. Signed up for temp work for 6 months until I got into the industry that I currently am doing great in, dream job.

Don't even remember how many of my friends had jobs when we graduated. They're all working now, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

This is absolute BS.
NP

What part specifically is BS? Everyone is supposed to have a serious internship last summer as a rising senior. The last week or two at that internship you're supposed to receive a full-time offer to return upon graduation. You can pocket that offer. If you want, you can then use that offer to interview for other positions if you're seeking higher pay, diff location, or whatever during on campus recruiting cycle in the fall. The kids not going into full time careers receive their law school, med school, etc. offers by December. We are in May, nearly June, and OP's 22 YEAR OLD ADULT HAS NOTHING.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Nope. I know a 2021 graduate in engineering who just got a job a few weeks ago. It happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

LOL. I graduated without a job. I did have a scholarship to go study abroad for a summer, so I did that. Came back to US. Signed up for temp work for 6 months until I got into the industry that I currently am doing great in, dream job.

Don't even remember how many of my friends had jobs when we graduated. They're all working now, though.

You're on a parenting forum, so this was 20 or 30 years ago? Welcome to 2022. There's no excuse for OP's kid not to have had a job offer in hand 5 to 10 months ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Nope. I know a 2021 graduate in engineering who just got a job a few weeks ago. It happens.

Yeah, to kids with issues. Don't act like it's normal. It's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

It's very, VERY sketchy to not have a job locked up by graduation. Most college seniors had full-time offers in their pocket by July or August from their summer internship last year (2021). Worst-case you're doing on campus recruiting and have something locked up by Sept.-Oct. December at the very latest. OP's kid has issues.

LOL. I graduated without a job. I did have a scholarship to go study abroad for a summer, so I did that. Came back to US. Signed up for temp work for 6 months until I got into the industry that I currently am doing great in, dream job.

Don't even remember how many of my friends had jobs when we graduated. They're all working now, though.

You're on a parenting forum, so this was 20 or 30 years ago? Welcome to 2022. There's no excuse for OP's kid not to have had a job offer in hand 5 to 10 months ago.

Not only should OP's kid have had a job offer months ago, think about what their peers with jobs or grad school plans have done in ADDITION to locking up the job or grad school. They have done all the paperwork required, secured housing, housing down payments, they have secured travel arrangements, probably have a trip planned before beginning, on and on and on and on. While OP's kid did... literally nothing. This is a MASSIVE character red flag.