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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has he done anything substantive to show interest in his field while in college?  Did he do research for a professor?  Did he join any professional societies?  Intern during the semester anywhere?  Work a campus job?  A summer job?

It's been 1.5 years since COVID were rolled back.  [b]If he has done nothing to sell about himself, he's just lazy[/b].[/quote]

I'm his mother and I'm not going to disagree with your appraisal. Now that we have that out of the way, how does he get a good job with a practically vacant resume and one month from earning an Ivy League bachelor's degree?[/quote]

Starbucks or equivelant while he searches for something more substantive.[/quote]

Why do you keep pushing Starbucks? Have you never heard of temp agencies? Those pay better wages if you have skills and get you into offices where you can make connections. [/quote]

Exactly what qualifications or experience would make a temp agency want to take this person on?[/quote]

There are only about 13,000 Ivy League bachelor's degrees minted each year out of about 1.9 million bachelor's nationwide. Of course someone as successful as you ( :roll: ) doesn't value an Ivy League degree, the perception it confers, and the rigor and brainpower it takes to get into the college, but many employers do. Some employers want dibs on students from these universities, even raw ones, and will pay a premium for it. These employers pay multiple times more than the $15 an hour Home Depot and Starbucks pay to any high school graduate who shows up for an interview.[/quote]

if what you posted is true, then OP's kid should have no problem getting a job, right? And yet, here we are...[/quote]

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