<p>What I meant was that the applicant saw them as related, we didn’t.</p>
<p>I think in our current environment, an employer would be more understanding why someone would work at a “non-professional” or unrelated job while looking for something in his/her field. Two years ago if a new graduate doesn’t have a job upon graduation it would be more difficult to explain it away. I think it would be worse if a person(new graduate) is not working for 6-12 months. It is different for more seasoned employee - most employers would not hire over qualified applicant, and on the flip side it also wouldn’t look good on one’s resume.</p>
<p>I probably misunderstood your point and was not clear with mine. I certainly undersand the hierarchy thing within the same field (certainly, that is the way the law business often works). I suspect that it varies within fields. was thinking about more of a person taking an lower paying job in an unrelated field while he is trying to break in to the kind of field he is really interested in.</p>
<p>I agree. I was really responding to the issue of the poster who was supporting her DD in an unpaid internship. Where that can be afforded, IMO that’s the best use of time waiting for the markets to recover.</p>
<p>OP,
Does your D have her resume on one of those Job sites? It has helped me in a past. I have been out of work 8 times, on my 9th place of employment now.</p>
<p>No, she does not have her resume posted. I think she is a bit afraid to have her information out there for all to see. For entry level jobs, I am not sure it would be much help; if companies aren’t reading the resumes they are receiving, I don’t see them checking out the job sites.</p>
<p>I thought I would update my daughter’s situation; we may be heading to “Be careful what you wish for!” While networking with her boss from her sophomore year internship, she was asked to come in to talk about a job. She went today and was told the job was her, but they needed to work out some details; they want her to start next week! At the moment she doesn’t know the salary, but the job is only part time and most likely just till the end on December. She will be working with people she has worked with in the past but they are both at a different non profit from where she had her internship. This job is in our home city, so she would be able to live at home and babysit occasionally in the evening.</p>
<p>An out of state internship offered her an interview and they were happy to do a phone interview for the first; if she advances, she will go in person for the next interview. My daughter does not know at this time what the salary will be here either, and will not know that for another 2 weeks. This internship is also part time and I can not remember if it is for a year or half year. The advantage here is it is in one of the cities she would like to live, but she said it would be silly to move for a part time internship when she could have a real job here; even if the job here is also part time.</p>
<p>Waiting in the wings is a phone conference with an excellent PR contact in NYC; a friend of a friend! This phone conversation may only give her tips for searching for jobs or it might lead to my daughter’s resume being circulated. </p>
<p>Months ago my daughter applied for a training program and will know the results of that within a month. She feels if she gets chosen for the training program she should take it, but doesn’t want to quit the job here as she would feel guilty about leaving her old boss in a bind. Her father and I feel she needs to do what is best for her, and she will be able to give 6 weeks notice if she does take the training program. For all we know, this will not be an issue as there is a large application pool for this training program. First she is stressed she doesn’t have a job, now she is stressed she has a job and might need to quit after 2 months!</p>
<p>That all being said, my daughter is happy to have some sort of job even if it is part time for 4 1/2 months. No she isn’t moving into a new apartment and earning $35,000 like several of her friends, but her friends are not looking at the same type of jobs she has an interest in. While her interest is admissions, PR and non profit, she is able to fulfill two of those interest with this job or the internship. Applications are still out there for the admissions jobs, but I am thinking those are pretty much filled for the school year, although I am sure a couple will pop up every now and then.</p>
<p>I will update again once she hears more.</p>
<p>Sounds like things are beginning to look up!</p>
<p>Signing on with a temp agency is also a good way to get one’s foot in the door (and learn useful office skills, find out about other career paths, etc.). I started job hunting during a recession and the HR department used the temping process to find out who would work well within the organization. Got a temp job at a major mutual fund company, wound up in pension administration, using my background in communications and political science.</p>
<p>this certainly sounds promising… I’ll keep my fingers crossed. :)</p>
<p>Wow–we went from drought to possible deluge!</p>
<p>Great news. If nothing else, it probably is making her feel better. In a few months the economy maybe better, which could giver her more options. </p>
<p>I though parenting, heart in the throat feeling, would be over at some point, but it continues.</p>
<p>I think we parent until our kids have to parent us! The old circle of life :-)</p>