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OP - I thought of a couple of more things last night:

- The focus should not be on "emptying your house," but rather seeing how you can reasonably assist both of your children in becoming responsible, fully-functioning young adults with a career path and independent life.  O
- Have you gone over your son's list of references to make sure he has notified them of his present job search, has their current contact information and can be sure that they will give him a good recommendation?  An email to one or two teaches in classes he did well in updating them on the job search would be good.  My husband is recently retired, but till more than willing to give references for former students and to point them to jobs when he hears of openings.

- If your son can continue to use the career center from his college, then I would have him go there if local to see if they could help with any of the topics I raised above.  If out of the area, he still might call and talk to someone to see if there is any access to alumni networks or alumni events that he might use as a way of networking.

- It is also important for him to keep reading up in his field in appropriate sources so he can be aware of any trends etc.  If he was in the STEM field, does he have good solid computer skills as in Excel, Visual Basic Applications or other related languages?  If not, taking a class at the community college might be an option.

- Again, unless he did a specific volunteer work stint or started a masters or PhD degree, I see there is a 3-year break that he has got to be able to find a way to present or  a way to describe why undergrad took him six or seven years.

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