How to help my graduate son find a decent job?
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My son (23) has just graduated with a 2:1 in Human Geography and is looking for a permanent role in sustainable energy/technologies/logistics. How best can I help him e.g. employment websites, getting contacts, prepping for interviews. He's a bit of a defeatist so will think think of 10 excuses not to do something rather than 1 reason to do something. South west area.
I hate to be that guy but he has to want to do it himself, otherwise what will he do once he gets into a job and something goes against him? Job hunting is one of those things that builds resilience as a graduate in my experience. (I appreciate I’m stating the bleeding obvious and as a parent we all want to help our kids)
More constructively, I d advise him to get a good profile built up on LinkedIn and then use the jobs section of that to the max. The recruiters are also very active on there and regularly post about jobs and he may even be contacted directly.
More constructively, I d advise him to get a good profile built up on LinkedIn and then use the jobs section of that to the max. The recruiters are also very active on there and regularly post about jobs and he may even be contacted directly.
Just been through this with Madness the Younger, He's just got a 2:1 in Economics, Finance and International business and started his graduate level job in Finance/Wealth management sector last week.
As said above he has to be proactive, MtY must have applied (apparently its really easy through Linkedin) to nearly 50 jobs, had many tests, interviews and selection days and was eventually offered 4 different jobs. The more you go through the process the better and easier it gets was his lasting opinion.
Very proud of the effort he put in.
Very happy that he's off my hands financially! Well........maybe
As said above he has to be proactive, MtY must have applied (apparently its really easy through Linkedin) to nearly 50 jobs, had many tests, interviews and selection days and was eventually offered 4 different jobs. The more you go through the process the better and easier it gets was his lasting opinion.
Very proud of the effort he put in.
Very happy that he's off my hands financially! Well........maybe
Cyder said:
I hate to be that guy but he has to want to do it himself, otherwise what will he do once he gets into a job and something goes against him?
Yeah he wants a job, but having temp work, bar work, etc so far, I think he needs some help moving into the big bad world of permanent employment.Linked-In is a good shout.
As someone who has seen applications flood in recently for a vacancy I’d advise a couple of things, make sure he is qualified for the job he’s applying for and tailor his application to the job vacancy.
I appreciate when someone is applying for a lot of jobs it’s easy to keep sending the same thing in almost as a copy and paste but it shows to the person looking to recruit, as does AI written applications.
90% of the applications we received will be sifted straight out without much consideration at all.
I appreciate when someone is applying for a lot of jobs it’s easy to keep sending the same thing in almost as a copy and paste but it shows to the person looking to recruit, as does AI written applications.
90% of the applications we received will be sifted straight out without much consideration at all.
As someone who has seen applications flood in recently for a vacancy I’d advise a couple of things, make sure he is qualified for the job he’s applying for and tailor his application to the job vacancy.
I appreciate when someone is applying for a lot of jobs it’s easy to keep sending the same thing in almost as a copy and paste but it shows to the person looking to recruit, as does AI written applications.
90% of the applications we received will be sifted straight out without much consideration at all.
I appreciate when someone is applying for a lot of jobs it’s easy to keep sending the same thing in almost as a copy and paste but it shows to the person looking to recruit, as does AI written applications.
90% of the applications we received will be sifted straight out without much consideration at all.
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