If he wants to major in film, and he is accepted to the film school at USC, he doesn’t need to spend a lot of time researching the job market in film. The USC film school has a pretty much unmatched track record of teaching students the industry skills they need to succeed, chief among them maintaining a network and getting hired. And the students it accepts have shown enough raw talent at some aspect of the process that there’s little doubt there will be room for them in what is, after all, a vast and prosperous industry.
A young woman I know graduated from it a year ago. There were times she regretted her decision to go there – it’s a lot more like an apprenticeship program than a liberal arts education – but she has not had a lot of anxiety about earning a living. About rising to the top, yes, lots of anxiety, and lots of competitiveness, but about getting paid to do what she can do, not so much.