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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted a few months ago about my son's looming graduation. Now he is home and moping around. He finally opened up that feels like an idiot, he's overwhelmed and he's humiliated compared to all of his overachieving classmates. He's scared to ask his more connected friends (and their parents) for help because his resume is so vacant and they seem so perfect. He knows he can apply for random entry-level jobs any random college grad can apply for but he feels like he has wasted the opportunity if he settles for anything. He does not mean that in a snobby way–we are just a middle class family–but I also know how that could come across. It was a very expensive education and the opportunity of a lifetime. Any help in coaxing him out of this funk and where he should be looking is appreciated. Should he contact career services at his alma mater or would reaching out to his network of friends and their parents offer far more opportunities?

I want to stress his resume is basically vacant outside of the new BA and his GPA is pretty abysmal, so he thinks he's going to be mocked or his resume will just be ignored.[/quote]

That described me.  I moped and fretted, but got a low level job through some friends (not from college) and just kept moving from there.  You just need to get almost any start, work hard, and keep moving.  The ones that I notice really get ahead are the ones that keep looking for new opportunities and keep moving from a career standpoint by taking new jobs and developing their marketable skill base.   [/quote]

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