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<p>I am not quite sure if "interesting" is the word I would use. More like "scary" :(</p>
<p>"Scary". It's very scary!</p>
<p>I think BS graduates may find it easier to find employment over technical grad school graduates. I think that employers are willing to pay for lower talent and have a longer trainup rather than a higher talent with shorter trainup. (ref. DS current job search ).</p>
<p>Do many of you anticipate having your grad return home to live while job searching?</p>
<p>If my daughter is not employed by graduation, she will come home while continuing her job search. She has a room here at home that is paid for, so I see no reason to rent an apartment in another city while unemployed.</p>
<p>My son lived at home and worked full time before entering medical school. He was able to save a nice sum of money which he has put away. If my daughter ends up at home, I would hope that she is able to get some sort of job while she is looking for "the" job. I know she doesn't want to be at home, but also understands it is for the best.</p>
<p>yep. He just made reservations to come home mid Feb from Germany. He's tired of Germany in the winter and assignment pretty much done and will pass to next intern.</p>
<p>FYI. RT to Europe <US$900.</p>
<p>I think in this environment, you have to seriously consider home though the factor where "home" is probably makes a difference as well. My cousin just graduated from Stanford in 2008 and undoubtedly faces the same hardship as c/o of 2009 (2009 may be worse!). </p>
<p>If you're a CS major and want to work at a tech company, it may be worthwhile to try out silicon valley instead of sitting at home in Montana (no offense to anyone in Montana). Its probably the worst time to be taking risks but on the flip side, some people will tell you its the best time! Good luck to your D!</p>
<p>Well, terrifying is more like it, but I was trying to be calm! I think the plan is for my S to come live at home if he does not have a job by the time he graduates. We're fine with that, but he understands that his job at that point will be to find a job. We have agreed that if he does not find paid employment, he can pursue what we consider "resume value" unpaid internships and we will help support him wherever those are. We would expect that he try to get a weekend/night job to help with living expenses, but we recognize that even those may be hard to come by. Another piece of his plan is to take language classes during this post-grad year, since he did not take it in college ad it will be very helpful for graduate school applications in the field he would like to pursue. I think that the key is going to have to be support and flexibility.</p>
<p>Since we boomers can't sell the large houses to downsize anyway, I can see more and more of us housing returning adult children. H and I love having our kids around, but I remember the satisfaction of that first job out of college and that first apartment and being independent and I will be sorry if that is not possible for them.</p>
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<p>Actually, thats an interesting trend you bring up. It's been awhile since we've last had to deal with this type of phenomenon where jobs weren't at least somewhat readily available for college graduates eager to work. I'm not even talking about lower waged, entry level positions - I'm talking about any position. Its really unfortunate.</p>
<p>Has anyone had their grad look into working overseas where the economy (seems at least) is somewhat stronger?</p>
<p>I don't know that there is better luck overseas... Iceland is having major problems, there are riots in Paris, and Italy has deployed thousands of troops inside their own country.</p>
<p>There are a lot of AmeriCorps programs around, there might be one in your area / the area your kid is interested in working. They pay very minimally, but is enough to get by.</p>
<p>I graduated in May, and I'm applying to all the jobs in the career field that I wish to get into that I can find. I'm with AmeriCorps until thanksgiving, and then it's back home with the parents. Hopefully I will be on my way to finding something long term by then.</p>
<p>The local American Chamber of Commerce here recently circulated an email to all the US expats here asking about potential internship opportunities. There does seem to be a lot of interest - though I'm not quite sure how much of a supply there actually is of interesting jobs.</p>
<p>My girlfriend's an electrical engineer and graduated back in December. She had gotten job offers prior to graduating, though a number of them definitely underbid in salary compared to what they'd have offered two or three years ago. She's still in the resume queue for one company and was actually called back for an interview to work for the city here making, well, more than I thought was possible to make straight out of college and working in the public sector.</p>
<p>My BA Anthropology kid graduated in December and was very lucky to find a job at the State House where he attended school. Not the best pay, but he can support himself and is gaining great experience and making valuable contacts. His on campus job in the school's Finance Dept. really helped as the school's Dir. of Finance hand delivered S's resume to a contact he had there. He is loving it and says an MBA program or Law School is in his future. Those little campus jobs really are worthwhile!</p>
<p>My BS Microbiology and Immunology kid graduates in May and is looking (fingers crossed). No offers yet, but he's hopeful. His plan is to work a year or two and then head to Dental School.</p>
<p>my-3-sons, congrats to your anthropology son. Thats great! It just goes to show connections, no matter how random, can really prove to be useful when the right time arises. Best of luck to your microbiology and immunology son!</p>
<p>Here's hoping the Engineering job market stays strong...my ds in entering college in the fall and wants to be a civil or aeronautical engineer.</p>
<p>I know one of Obama's current pledges is to help rebuild America's infrastructure, so if she goes into CivE there'll probably be plenty of work around. There'll probably be plenty of CivE work around even if he doesn't pull through on that, though, since people always need buildings and cheap quick fixes for infrastructure that won't solve long term problems.</p>
<p>My D is only a sophomore in college right now - while I hope she can get some sort of internship this summer (probably at home) at this point I don't care if it's paid or not - she can work a paid job around it and at least get the resume experience with the HOPES that in a couple of years when she graduates, the job market will be (please) starting an upswing. </p>
<p>Interested in hearing from other majors in addition to engineering (!) - graduates who are landing jobs.</p>
<p>D (a music major) graduated in Dec 08. During her senior year got a part time job with an civil engineering firm. They are booming. She went full time in Jan and they are keeping her till she goes to grad school in fall. They have offices in some of the areas she is considering for grad school and they said she could pick up part time work in these locations as well. She supplements this income with professional singing gigs (she netted over 1700 in Dec--with Christmas concerts, a great time of year for classical singers)</p>
<p>My H has helped a couple of recent grad friends of our kids (one a history major, one a math major) get jobs in his industry (reinsurance) but now that business is shrinking.</p>
<p>My university has an alumni board that actually is open to current students as well. Tons of job postings are frequently posted through this including internship opportunities.</p>
<p>I recommend any current student and recent grad to look for these mailing lists as they are a great source for leads. Your affiliation with the school already gives you a leg up!</p>