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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both DS and DD recently graduated on May '24 along with three other nieces and nephews:

- DS graduated from Ivy and still looking for a job, had internships in both sophomore and junior year,

- DD graduated from Duke and is still looking for a job,

- Nephew #1 graduated from JMU.  Received a job offer from a financial service because he was an athlete at JMU, and that job via athletic alumni,

- Nephew #2 graduated from UCLA; got a job offer from one of the political donor connections because he played music at one of the private fund-raising events, and made friends with several young people at the event.  Their parents are rich political donors,

Niece #1 graduated from UNC; got a job offer as a government contractor PM job because her father is a SES in the government,

Both DS and DD are still looking.  Without "networking" with decision makers, it is difficult to land a job these days.  They both now realized that it is not the school you attended, it is who you know that matters.  FWIW, nephew #1 is trying to leverage his skills to get both DS and DD a job where he is at.  [/quote]

First, as a parent you need to tell your Duke or Ivy kid prior to freshman year, that your actual schoolwork/academics now ranks like 3rd or lower in priority if your kid intends to enter the workforce after graduation (i.e., this isn't the same advice for someone planning to go to a PhD or Med School route).  Your kid should be attending on-campus networking events with various successful alums, and looking to join a fraternity or other organization to create networking with your peers.

It's too late for your graduates...although, alums are usually open to young current students/grads if your kids have experience/interest in their field and reach out.

My non-athlete Ivy kid has made incredible connections with alums that are senior partners at major VC and P/E firms, senior execs at some unicorn start-ups and execs at Nvidia and other top SV companies where my kid has an interest.  Some came by just signing up for one-on-one sessions with visiting execs that give a talk and then hold "office hours" with students (which my kid found were sparsely attended by fellow students which was surprising), others through the fraternity my kid joined, etc.

The athlete angle is useful, but only if your athlete kid is happy to take the jobs/work in industries that athlete alums/athlete networks kind of hand to you.  Honestly, that isn't a major problem for many athletes who are more than happy to go with the flow and make some bank.[/quote]

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