To those who blame college students for majoring in the wrong subjects,

[riderinthestorm]

43. When my daughter started her degrees in 2006, her field also had outstanding projected growth

She did her bachelors with a double major in 3 years in archaeology and business admin, and got her masters in archaeology and artifacts management in a year from the world's best university for that subject, but by 2010, nobody was hiring.

Tied to construction, field archaeology job prospects at this point are pretty dismal like the civil engineers, architects, urban planners etc who also graduated alongside her into what is now a zero growth industry.

She's fallen back to working as a professional riding instructor which has always paid very VERY well and truthfully isn't a bad gig but doesn't move her closer to her dreams. She's pivoting and applying to museums but she's competing against PhD field archaeologists who are similarly desperate and squeezed out of field work but who have a hell of a lot more artifacts experience than she has.

She has an EU passport and has applied globally and still no luck. Getting an entry level job right now is tough for new graduates everywhere. I really feel your pain.