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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom/dad, please let your grown child figure this out.[/quote] He doesn't seem able to. Seriously. Book smart but very little drive.[/quote] This is why he can't get a job! No one wants to hire someone with this profile![/quote] +1 It probably comes across during interviews. I think it's fine for a parent to give advice and general guidance, but ultimately, the adult child needs to take action. Did he think that a masters from a some top school would easily get his foot in the door? I went to a no name state u and don't have a masters, but I got an internship (paid) during my junior year in college through the career office. It wasn't an exciting or interesting job, but it got my foot in the door, and I gained some experience all while being paid. They eventually offered me a FT after graduation, which I took. I come from a lower income immigrant background, and I could not rely on my parents to support me, so I took whatever job that had the highest pay that was offered to me (I had a couple of offers). I have one DC in college, freshman, and they have already started going to internship fairs and landed an interview. I stressed the importance of internships to DC starting in HS. My nephew never got an internship while they were in college; never did any kind of research, or even a PT job (always had some excuse), and they had a really really hard time finding a job after graduation. It took several years to find something, and the pay was very low.[/quote]
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