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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Perhaps steer was the wrong word to use, just give her some ideas and direction for somethings to look into.

As I mentioned, we don't have a lot of money and she'll have to take out loans so I'd like for her to be able to pay things off quickly upon graduation .

She's also a bit shy and introverted so I don't know if teaching   would be a good match.[/quote]OP, I suggest you encourage and help her to do informational interviews.  That's where you ask someone in a field you're interested in to talk to you about what they do, what they like and dislike about it and what you'd have to do if you wanted to go into that field.  This will help her learn to be pro-active in figuring out what she wants to do and meeting people and networking.  This kind of networking can help her find internship and job opportunities.  Wherever she goes to school, they will likely have a career center.  They may have alumni who are willing to talk to current students. You should encourage to start going there even in her sophomore year.

A lot of jobs aren't linked to specific majors.  What will help her find employment is learning how to be actively engaged in the job search through informational interviewing long before she's actively looking for a job.[/quote]

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