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OP here with an update.

He got a entry-level summer job.

And, marvel of marvels, instead of trying to find an internship not entirely related to his major, he is doing a research project with a respected professor in his field!

I had to crack the whip for him to email professors and send reminders when they didn't respond, because he was worried about being rude, but after a month of emailing, he found someone willing to help.

I am so relieved. Now I have to make sure he actually does the work...

I think either he's going to become more responsible as he matures. Or he's just going to come crashing down when I get too old and decrepit to advise him. But at least I'll have pushed him as far as I can.

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That's great OP.

Glad that this worked out.

As someone who is in this field (IR), even getting this is quite an achievement. At my office, we get dozens of applications for (unpaid/govt) interns and hire just one...you can imagine that for paid ones, the competition is worse.

I'll also say that for entry level positions, I routinely preferred to hire kids who had actually worked retail, restaurants, whatever because they'd actually worked and didn't think that setting up the conference room for an event was beneath them. But having someone who had done that AND been professor X's research assistant as well was the combo that we were looking for.[/quote]

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