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[quote=Anonymous]Don't panic just yet, four months is not a long time, now if this was 6-12 months then yeah go ahead and panic.

The one mistake he did thiugh was getting that MPA from Northwestern, which a) seems to be part of Profesional and also online option so that could be frowned down upon in his case and b) doing an MPA outside of DC (ie he should have gone to either Georgetown, GW, or maybe AU,although I personally feel AU is a meh school but seperate point). The issue is that an MPA is not that marketable of a degree and has low ROI (and this is coming from someone with an MPP, who also got it straight out of undergrad). If free fine, but if have to pay for it, no thank you.

That being said he needs to consider internships to get his foot in the door. That is the quickest/easiest way to get a FT position. He also needs to network and go to whatever job fairs may be out there (networking is big for finding jobs in this city). In my view, the fact that he has restaurant experience is good, shows that he can do an "honest days work". That being said, he would have been better served doing that during a semester (to then sell it as I did it to pay for school/tuition, be that true or false) and then doing internships over summer. [/quote]

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