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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Name the field of study?? We can be more helpful if you narrow between say Marketing vs Social Service sector. I do think you are going to help him land an internship and then his first job. So maybe start seeing that clearly as opposed to hoping for something else to happen [/quote]

OP here. Thank you everyone for the replies. He's in International Affairs, in DC. Wouldn't it be like shooting fish in a barrel? That's why I paid for a college in that location...

The study abroad program was a finite, structured event that was prominently described by his college, and so I think he had no trouble understanding the benefits and following application directions. But the nebulousness of not knowing where to look for an internship, when he has no friends and doesn't talk to his professors, is I believe what's tripping him up.

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dp.. ok, but the fact that he was able to manage the study abroad program application process "because it was his dream program that he'd always wanted to do." tells you that if he *really* wanted something, he'd figure it out

Have him go to the college career services as a start, and ask them. Also, most colleges have career/internship fairs that he should be going to.

He may have SN, but he won't be handheld at work. At some point, he has to figure some of it out.

But, it sounds like even if you tell him what to do, he doesn't do it because he feels "overwhelmed". [b]How is going to deal with deadlines and multiple projects at work? [/b]He has to figure it out. [/quote]

OP here. That's the crux of the matter, PP, and my greatest long-term concern. He is slow, perfectionist and cannot multitask well. I can't live his life for him. I just don't want him ending up in my basement! 
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He'd be perfect at the DMV.[/quote]

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