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In reply to the discussion: 1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed [View all]Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)If it's politically related, does he have any volunteer or internship experience? If not, that's his first problem. He could've spent much of that time he wasn't doing homework getting some practical experience that employers like to see. Of course it's certainly not too late to start doing that.
IMO, the fact that he did less homework than he did in high school may also be part of the issue. I majored in political science (one of my majors) and I worked my butt off to keep my grades pretty high, particularly in my final two years of college. Just because the workload to get a 3.0 in a social science degree is less than the workload to get a 3.0 in engineering, doesn't mean that you should do less work. It means you should study just as they do to get your grades up so you will stand out over all of those other social science majors that didn't.
The job market is tough out there for everyone, but there are definitely employed political science majors. Society doesn't need every single one of us to be a bio mechanical engineer and there are even some engineers who are unemployed. Pretty much the only schooling that guarantees you a job is medical school (dental or vet school as well). The weeding out in those fields is done before you enter school, rather than after.
BTW, if your son does want to work in a politically related field, PM me. I might be able to offer some helpful advice.