Maybe that has something to do with her luck.
This cant be real.
I like got a PhD in soil biology but like dont want to go to places with lots of soil, like farm land like that’s where the soil is but like I cant go there because like I cant work like but I gotta work.
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And now, like, she is creating a biotech startup and , like, she wants angel funding. Any takers?? Emily on Instagram: "Clarissa the biotech startup CEO here! #biotech #startup"
This is a parody channel, right?
Because who wouldn’t want to invest in a ditzy founder who can’t work much because she has long covid?
And to be clear, I’m not making fun of people with long covid, which is a serious health issue. I just wouldn’t invest in them.
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Robby Starbuck is a right wing extremist. The man who used copyrighted photos of a celebrity’ s little boy wearing a dress to accuse her of child abuse. Anti DEI, anti LGTBQ - no thanks.
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All good reasons to hate Robby. But is he distorting her content here?
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He’s a dirtbag. Nonetheless, this young woman needs a dose of reality which includes the fact that to find a job in her field probably entails moving to a part of the country where there is a lot of farming. In a tight job market kids can’t expect to limit their search to the popular spots (LA, SF, NYC, DC, Boston, Austin, Chicago etc) and find success. Also, what is it with the overuse of the word “like” - it makes her sound inarticulate. Also, a reminder to all young people - once something is out there on social media it is FOREVER. Don’t put cringe worthy content out there where future employers might see it!!
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This has to be a parody channel:
- Doesn’t understand why anyone wants to work: TikTok - Make Your Day
- Is distressed she doesn’t understand Taylor Swift: TikTok - Make Your Day
Know the story. S is now an associate and just moved into a doorman/elevator apt in the Village. Prior to that, he has changed apts almost every year with friends from college. Most of the 2 or 3 bdrm apts really have been converted 1 bdrms. I guess coming from close living arrangements in college, the lack of space is secondary to location. They definitely enjoy their NYC life when they have time.
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I’m just not sure why people are assuming this tik tok is legit coming from these sources. And if it is real, I have strong doubts, this one young woman’s story is not representative of why new college grads are struggling to get jobs.
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exactly.
Anyone who thinks they can beat the macro economic environment (i.e. companies of all sizes have reduced their headcount targets for next year) is … well, someone who probably frequents casinos thinking they will beat the house.
We can all cite individual new grads who have done something dumb or shortsighted in their job search. But that won’t change the macro environment— openings are down. Fewer companies are willing to risk that the climate will be better next July. The cutbacks in the federal workforce are moving their way through the economy as well. The impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on the health care sector, state employment, etc. is as yet unknown. The tariff environment is changing constantly.
It’s just tough in multiple sectors simultaneously. Which is why staying flexible is imperative. Kids need to be open to any plausible opportunity.
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Agreed that flexibility is the key.
My husband has a colleague whose son also graduated this year from Engineering. Attended one of the top programs in the country, had great marks, multiple internships, and high school work experience. Basically did everything right. He’s articulate, bright, and hard working. This son however can not find a job. He thought that his job search would be as easy as his brother’s who graduated from the same university also with an Engineering degree a few years back and had his pick of jobs and is currently working for Apple in San Francisco.
Our son attended a mid-ranked program, had 0 work experience including in high school, and mediocre marks. He’s starting his 2nd month in his job and just got a sizeable raise and is earning above the median salary for a new Engineering graduate.
They’ve both been unfortunate to graduate into a difficult employment market. So what’s the difference?
Well partly luck, being in the right place at the right time, but also flexibility. Dh’s colleague’s son majored in a really niche Engineering field that is just not hiring at the moment. None of the companies he interned at are hiring either. DS majored in a traditional stream that’s more in demand and has broader applications. Beyond that, ds got hired because he had a specific technical skill set that the company was looking for. He was not however hired into an Engineering role and the skill he possesses is not specific to being an Engineer (though he did develop it as part of his studies). His responsibilities however have quickly evolved beyond the role he was initially hired for and he’s starting to use more of his specific Engineering training as his boss has gained confidence in his abilities and has expanded his role to work on other projects. He’s completed two industry certifications and is self-learning another skill related to his field that his university didn’t offer courses in. In short his list of valuable skills that he’ll be able to add to his resume is growing quickly.
Dh’s colleague’s son has so far refused to consider positions outside of his very niche field or closely related roles. As a result it’s been 6 months and now he’s facing even stronger headwinds as the employment market further cools.
Dh spoke to his colleague and outlined how he helped ds with networking which the colleague had been reluctant to do. The other thing he mentioned is that the son needs to broaden his job search and consider roles that are not so narrowly defined. I hope he takes the advice because I feel very badly for his son who by all accounts sounds like a great kid (if a little arrogant thinking that his university’s reputation alone would be enough to open doors and that he’d have his pick of jobs).
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There’s a parent who posted on here (haven’t seen her in a while) - last post - the daughter has a BME from top ranked Ga Tech…can’t find a gig. Sounds like it might be a similar situation.
That is @momsearcheng . Hoping her daughter has landed a great job!
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It may not be arrogance. Since the recovery around 2011/2012, kids were told to major in accounting, engineering, nursing. “Why struggle to find a job like all those loser English majors when you can walk into a career and be making six figures within a year?”
Is it their fault that the advice they got wasn’t exactly accurate? Or that the labor market has tens of thousands of inputs-- which makes it exceedingly difficult to predict? Or that there is NO SUCH THING as a bullet proof career?
I don’t blame the kid in this situation if the rules of engagement changed. Cautionary tale for those of us giving advice to young people. Engineering is nowhere near as bullet proof as folks on CC seem to think. Petroleum engineers have up cycles and down cycles. Aerospace engineers have up cycles and down cycles. Civil engineers are sometimes at the whim of state infrastructure budgets. Environmental engineers- hey, what happens when it becomes illegal to say “Climate Change” with all those flood and seawater remediation projects in the works?
This kid will figure it out no doubt. Especially once the class of 2026 kicks off their recruiting cycle, and he’ll realize that he’s competing against his own cohort AND the college seniors. That’s when the pivot generally happens.
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Exactly. It’s important to be flexible, take a job in a different location, different specialty etc for a year or two. Then you can relocate to your first choice location and compete with new grads…but now you will have job experience under your belt and a salary that is not yet considered prohibitive. Entry level jobs are often hard to get and this may give you an edge.
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IMO, it is a better look to work at “Olive Garden”, Home Depot, etc… then to sit on your duff for a year or more. Employers understand tough job markets. They are considering how a potential employee deals with adversity.
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So what do we think about doing something related but not really right? Good idea or not?
Our example - my kid, the rising college senior, has a double major in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Summer after his freshman year was a wash in terms of work (he was on a college athletic team that competed through the beginning of July, so he spent his remaining five weeks at home taking a class). Summer after sophomore year he worked for a construction group, doing CivE and project management work. Summer after junior year he worked for a company working in the supply chain and project management team, assisting the MechEs, but not doing MechE work. He’s got some project work at school from three term long projects that do have more actual engineering in them, but most of his job experience is project management. He is excellent at project management. He doesn’t want to do project management. He wants to do MechE design work. It would be easier, I think, to get a project management job. But he wants the math and the engineering of it, not the business side.
But - given the market - does he take a project management job? And if he does, will he ever be able to switch to actual engineering? I think that’s his worry - that it’s a different career path altogether, even if it’s at a company that does both. And that once he starts down that road he only gets further and further away from the hands on math and engineering day to day work. The job he had this summer he knew would be more project management - but his supervisor told him he’d have a chance to work with the engineering teams too and learn more there and get experience. And it just didn’t happen. So while I’d like to think he might have an experience like the one referenced above, where the poster’s child started in one area and has grown into another, I’m worried that in this case, he’d be growing away from.
Thoughts?
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I think that what happens in a summer internship, which is so time limited, doesn’t necessarily translates to what happens when you are full time.
The young engineers I know, including my D, have been able to obtain different experiences within the same company, outside of their official job descriptions.
Totally as an aside, the new mech es we know who wanted to focus on design had good luck obtaining contract jobs that either eventually turned into full time roles or gave them enough experience to move companies. Interestingly the same was true for our d’s civil engineering friends. Not great for benefits but good for job experience.
PM me if you are interested in the names of these companies but I don’t think they are in your son’s target areas.
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I think I already suggested (and excuse me if that was a different poster) meeting with his professors ASAP. One of them will have an idea for an independent study doing what he wants to be doing. One of them will pick up the phone to call a former student now working in industry to say " you need to talk to this guy". One of them will be doing a consulting project on the side and will be happy to add your son to the team
Let them handle the " I don’t want project management" problem by giving your son an entire years worth of relevant engineering experience, both for his resume AND for the actual content knowledge. He’s in the right place to get experience now… outside of his class work. And if he’s taking the wrong classes this semester, better to know it now so he can add/drop!
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