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[quote=Anonymous]That stinks.  I’m sorry.

1. Practice interview skills.  Does the career service people at VT offer this?  He should contact them and ask for assistance.  Since he’s a recent grad they should still offer assistance maybe they could practice interviewing over Zoom.

2. Network.  He should contact his old managers at those internships and let them know he’s looking.  Contact his top professors to see if they know of any roles.  Maybe they know of a listserv or would be happy to connect your child with one of their contacts.  He shouldn’t bother everyone but if he had a good relationship with 1-2 faculty he could email them.  Do you know anyone?  Let friends and family know your child is looking and see if anything comes up.

3. Contact alumni center at VT.  He should contact alumni engagement at VT, see if they have any alumni events or things to network and attend those events.

4.  Apply for in person roles and apply early.  It’s fine to apply after it’s been on longer but if he sees a role he is interested in he shouldn’t wait weeks to apply. If I see a role and it has been up for 3 days I try to submit by day 7.   Some hiring managers look at applications on a rolling basis and he might look better applying earlier. Everyone wants remote jobs now so he can apply to those but apply to more in office roles.

5.  Diversify where he applies.  Apply in smaller markets.  Also apply all over!  He’s young and can move. A friend of mine got an excellent opportunity in a very small city because not many people wanted to move there and it was in person!  Everyone else in their field wanted NYC, Boston, etc and they got an excellent opportunity in a smaller market.  Other people they know are still looking because they only wanted the major cities.

6. It’s early days.  He graduated in December and even though he started looking in August many schools look at career data from 6 months after graduation so he technically still has until end of June to get a job for it to be “normal.” In this economy it might take longer.

7.  Can you pay for some kind of online certificate while he’s applying?  Maybe some kind of AI online certificate?  This might make him more appealing.  Only do this if you have the money / it would be helpful to his field.  There are also some free ones.

8.  Have him volunteer or do something.  Look into a nonprofit or maybe some kind of area he likes and maybe he can volunteer 10-15 hours a week.  Let’s him meet new people/ put something on his resume and make his network larger. Maybe someone where he is volunteering will know someone who has an open role.

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