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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter will probably have a 2.3 GPA in her major Econ courses. She wants to return to the DMV and work. How will she find a job in her field? College placement might not be an option. She is looking for an unpaid internship (in Chicago) to boost her resume. She had an excellent paid internship when she had the grades at the end of her Soph year. Her math based Econ track was difficult and her cumulative GPA is low because her first major was chemistry. Additionally, she played a sport for four years at an excellent university. She would not drop sports because she is a good athlete and became captain her Jr. year.

Will a government agency hire her? What other employment options for her field?

Thanks. [/quote]

Is she attractive and outgoing? I would suggest to look at marketing over pure econ work.

I had a 2.5 cuum but my econ gpa was 3.0 so I was able to get my foot in the door somwhere in the dmv in a large financial firm but this was in the mid 2000's and it still took me 6 months.

Forget .gov, she won't get through without a grad degree and/or being a vet.

What sport and what the range of her 'excellent university'? I.e. top 25? top 10? Private/public? d1?

She should leverage her team's network hard - say if she played tennis (an example) , reach out to network with women's tennis alums from 3-15 years ago.

I would also target my search to firms such as sporting shoe/apparel mfg's (Under Armour, Adidas, Nike, Puma, Brooks, asics, etc) as they place high value on ex-athletes.

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