<p>Our S is a BEE. He has a full-time a part-time job and is doing great. Our D has just gotten her degree after 6 years post-HS. She is still getting healthy enough to start looking in earnest for a real job or internship. Her chronic health issues have long interfered with her ability to have the stamina to hold anything full-time. She did get and keep part-time jobs, but right now our and her priority is for her to get her chronic condition under good enough control to contemplate a full-time something.</p>
<p>S has always been a lot more motivated and organized. He got himself internships and several great job offers by Feb of SR year. He also has suffered from unreliable stamina but somehow managed to make things work for him by pacing himself. I don’t necessarily think it’s a gender thing, as I know quite a few people of both genders who are having a hard time finding a good internship or job out of college. The labor market is a lot tougher these days than 20-30 years back, I think.</p>
<p>I agree that t would be good for this young man to talk with the placement office about co-ops, internships, summer jobs, etc. Those can often lead to full time job offers. Fortunately, jobs are generally better in engineering than in other fields, especially if he’s willing to relocate. Our S was offered one job in VA & two in HI. He took the one in VA and has been happy there. He was attending school in CA, so it was a pretty far relocation.</p>