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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief. Let he major in. Sociology. Encourage her to seek internships to wzplore possible careers.[/quote]Agree with the internship recommendation. The key to developing a career is figuring out what kinds of real jobs you're interested in, finding out what you need for those real jobs, and networking, networking, networking.  Back in the day I read What Color is Your Parachute where I learned about informational interviewing.  Informational interviewing involves asking someone in a field you're interested in about their work and what you would need to do if you wanted to do that kind of work. And then you stay in touch with that person while you're job searching.  I changed careers twice and each time I got a job through informational interviewing that I never would have gotten if I had just sent in an application.

If your kid is articulate and pleasant, that really helps.  People generally want to help young people find work.  But the young people have to be willing to make the calls, do the interviews, send the thank you emails, and update their LinkedIn pages.  It won't fall into her lap.

Seriously, I was a theology major and it worked for me.  I'm a researcher now so I did a PhD later.  But how do you think I figured out my next steps - by asking for help and information.[/quote]

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