Don’t paralegals need some sort of certificate?

Proposal writing?
Technical editor?
History teaching at a private that only requires BA in subject, not MAT? Did SFS hire someone in the US?
Teaching English abroad?
Tutoring online?
Writing subject matter for lessons online?
Jamestown/Yorktown/Williamsburg always seem to have openings
Digital archivist?

Good luck to her in her job search

Nothing wrong with taking the summer to recover, relax, travel, and socialize while looking for work. My DD is a bit burned out after college (which was significantly impacted by Covid restrictions) and will not be starting her job until the fall. My understanding is that career services will still work with graduates over the summer. Agree to cast a wide net.

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Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Absolutely false.

what is she interested in?/what kind of work does she envision herself doing? did she intern anywhere? my UVA history major (+ a minor in English) had a job lined up by February of her senior year (class of '21) but she knew she wanted to get into non-profit work since early on in college and her "brand" was centered around that- she had two non-profit internships, was involved in on-campus activities related to that, had an on-campus fundraising job... and so on and so forth. So her passion really shined through when writing her cover letters and interviewing, I think.

Ideally this is something your child would have been thinking about for the past year at minimum...but I guess it's not too late to start. Just expecting to waltz into a $50K job without any real vision of what kind of work you are interested in, what skills you have, etc. isn't going to work though. Being a history major is not a problem in terms of getting a job- your kid just needs to be prepared to do a little more leg work and packaging of himself/his skills than say, an accounting major where the next step is pretty obvious (aka become an accountant).

How are your daughter's interpersonal skills? How do you think she interviews? In this economy, a history major from UVA should be able to line up a decent job.

One suggestion: If she's looking to return to the DMV, advise her to apply for paralegal jobs in Biglaw. They pay well and are usually two-year stints.

To OP -UVA has an excellent career office

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

It’s *champing* at the bit.

The original phrase is, indeed, champing at the bit, but chomping at the bit emerged in America in the 1930s according to the Oxford English Dictionary and chomp has overtaken champ in common use.

+1. Chomping because of use in 1910. If you are British you might say “champing” but “chomping at the bit” is now an American idiom

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

History majors do fine in finding jobs. Majors don't determine your job for 90% of fields. Just pre-professional programs. She needs to be thinking about what kind of job she wants, working with career services.
If she's had lots of interviews and no jobs, she's on the right track but she may want to work on her interviewing skills. See if the career center does mock-interviews (in person or on zoom) and she can get some practice.

Yes there are plenty of jobs that the only requirement is a Bachelor's degree; the type of degree is not specified. Those companies are looking for people with critical thinking skills that one develops in college and then they train you for the specific job. Perhaps she needs to broaden her search to more areas? I have found that History/English/art history/psychology/non-science majors can help their position by having a few courses in Computer/stem areas; always a plus to have something in this area. There are companies that have Quality Managers/Trainers for their software that do not require you to have a STEM degree. The companies train you. But you do have to show interest and it can help to show an understanding of technology and a desire to work with technology.

sales, non profit, teaching are all paths to jobs. Maybe she should be a summer camp counselor to see if she likes teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

It’s *champing* at the bit.

“…no less an authority than William Safire weighed in 31 years ago, saying that "to spell it champing at the bit when most people would say chomping at the bit is to slavishly follow outdated dictionary preferences."

https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/06/09/605796769/chew-on-this-is-it-chomping-or-champing

+1,000 Many people are incapable of thinking for themselves.

Hence why on this forum they ask how many AP's their kid needs to take. Which schools are elite, etc. They always look too to others for how to be...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

It’s *champing* at the bit.

Oh, thanks.

(Why do you frustrated English teachers think this forum is also a good place to show off your grammar smarts? It sidetracks the thread, and absolutely everyone knew what PP meant.)

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Anonymous wrote:Mine just has not put any effort in to a job search. I assume after a week of living at home with us again, he will be highly motivated to start.

Don’t count on it, unless you start charging rent and splitting bills. Failure to launch is as much on the parent side as it is on the kids.

He knows he has 3 months before that starts. He has a desirable major so hopefully it will not be that hard to find something.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

It’s *champing* at the bit.

“…no less an authority than William Safire weighed in 31 years ago, saying that "to spell it champing at the bit when most people would say chomping at the bit is to slavishly follow outdated dictionary preferences."

https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/06/09/605796769/chew-on-this-is-it-chomping-or-champing

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been what two weeks?

I think most kids have a job nailed down by now.

Do you think companies are just chomping at the bit for a history major? McDonalds is hiring.

It’s *champing* at the bit.

The original phrase is, indeed, champing at the bit, but chomping at the bit emerged in America in the 1930s according to the Oxford English Dictionary and chomp has overtaken champ in common use.