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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of these suggestions are pretty unhelpful.

1. An English major is not a useless major, particularly at a top 20-30 school. I myself majored in political science and ended up working in management consulting after school. My cohort consisted of business, econ, anthropology, history, and other majors.

2. Can this student leverage the career center? They should still be able to access the services, assuming they’re 5-6 months post graduation. 
a) Student should check if there are any jobs he/she can apply to via on campus recruiting. 
b) student should have the career center review his/her resume 
c) student can use the career center for mock interviews. These are super helpful in exposing weak points when interviewing. 
d) If you see postings, especially at corporations, I would recommend reaching out to alumni who work at these places and asking for informational interviews. More likely than not, the alumni will provide a referral for your application. In this market, it’s  really hard to get interviews by only cold applying.

3. Student should look at teaching, Americorps, the Peacecorps, etc. Specific programs that come to mind include TFA, NYC teaching fellows, baltimore teaching fellows

4. I understand what the parent is saying about being underemployed. In the student’s case, being underemployed is working at a job that does not require a college education. For example, working as a barista at Starbucks. There is nothing wrong with aiming for a job that uses one’s college education.

5) Look into jobs specifically hiring a cohort of recent grads. It’s Nov do most of these postings might be for a summer start. But it doesn’t hurt to try. Could find some with a January start. Also, if the student has to start in the summer it’s not the worse case.

6) Look for [b]paid[/b] internships. These will keep the student productive, give them experience, and enable them to earn some money. [/quote]

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