Anonymous wrote:The OP was from 2023!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are you panicking? He should be.
What he needs now is a job, any job.
Food service, bar man, ups delivery, Starbucks, car dealership
Once he has that, then he can continue his job search
His father thinks our son is too good for that. Our kid waited tables for 6 months after college til he got his first office job, so there's a history here.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I parlayed an internship during my MPA program—that I interviewed and got through my school—into a full time federal job. What actual experience does he have? Where did he get the degree?
No super relevant experience, a year of analytic work between college and grad school. MPPA from Northwestern.
He should do more analytics/consulting. They like the young ones with masters.
Guidehouse put him through the full interview cycle, then closed the position. Hasn't been able to get any other interviews with consulting firms.
Anonymous wrote:My son 24 years has his bachelor and master’s degree. Is anyone looking for immediately hire? He’s pushing everyday, please assist.
Anonymous wrote:It's been almost 4 months, 220 job applications, a dozen interviews, no offers. I'm starting to panic. What's a good interim job for him so he doesn't become depressed and can start earning some experience and money???
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's been almost 4 months, 220 job applications, a dozen interviews, no offers. I'm starting to panic. What's a good interim job for him so he doesn't become depressed and can start earning some experience and money???
Sounds a lot like me. I don't have a masters in public administration but i have a BA and I've been out of works for eight months. Five interviews, zero offers, and I'm not optimistic about this changing anytime soon. Wish I was wrong.
The longest I had previously gone unemployed in my post college life was 3 months. This sucks.
Anonymous wrote:Don't panic just yet, four months is not a long time, now if this was 6-12 months then yeah go ahead and panic.
The one mistake he did thiugh was getting that MPA from Northwestern, which a) seems to be part of Profesional and also online option so that could be frowned down upon in his case and b) doing an MPA outside of DC (ie he should have gone to either Georgetown, GW, or maybe AU,although I personally feel AU is a meh school but seperate point). The issue is that an MPA is not that marketable of a degree and has low ROI (and this is coming from someone with an MPP, who also got it straight out of undergrad). If free fine, but if have to pay for it, no thank you.
That being said he needs to consider internships to get his foot in the door. That is the quickest/easiest way to get a FT position. He also needs to network and go to whatever job fairs may be out there (networking is big for finding jobs in this city). In my view, the fact that he has restaurant experience is good, shows that he can do an "honest days work". That being said, he would have been better served doing that during a semester (to then sell it as I did it to pay for school/tuition, be that true or false) and then doing internships over summer.
Anonymous wrote:You can’t online masters your way out of entry level work.
Go volunteer on either a presidential campaign or one of the big campaign committees (DNC/RNC/the state party). Usually the January volunteers are picked up for paid jobs quickly. If the candidate wins, they will find him a job. If the candidate loses, he can find a job on the Hill or in a non-profit/trade association.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mom/dad, please let your grown child figure this out.
He doesn't seem able to. Seriously. Book smart but very little drive.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t have super relevant experience and little or no internships while in school, his first job out of school may be a little bit lower on the pay scale and will start to give him the experience he needs. 220 applications with nothing to show for it means something is not tracking. Some kids who are good at stats and coding can get entry level analyst jobs. But they have to be willing to put the time and hours into it. May not seem glamourous, or what they did a Masters for, but it’s the way to start building.
He's had one class each of stats and coding, so not enough to get a job. It's very concerning that he graduated magna cum laude from a top 25 college. What the heck?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hmm. Many of these careers start out as internships or fellows in local government. I assume he has pursued that?
He can't afford an internship, and he's 24, not a kid.