I hear you. My kid has been unemployed now for far longer than he considered. He has dual degrees, hard degrees, not fluff, and has taken more courses to up the ante, but he keeps getting the same refrain: we aren’t hiring right now.
Applying for any job is useless. Once they see his resume, he’s overqualified.
Starting a business is being considered but that’s a long shot as he would have to take on a loan and the prospect of finding business is pretty bad.
For those who think its just a matter of grabbing a lawnmower, you need to consider just how very bad it is out here.
Send him to Texas.....they will put him to work.
There is a chronic shortage of nurses.
If you want a job serving sick people and probably being underpaid but having certainty of unemployment, get a nursing degree.
If you are applying for a job that requires no brains, don't put stuff in your resume that gives the impression that you do have brains. Tailor your resume and the job application to the job you are seeking.
A "one size fits all" resume is worthless.
If he thinks he is being rejected for a job for which he is over qualified, then omit some stuff from the resume.
If you are applying for a job working a jackhammer, you don't try to convince your potential employer that you know how to design a better one. The employer is looking for a jackhammer operator, not a jackhammer designer.
BTW, if he has several degrees, does he have any job experience? A lot of kids these days have made it all the way through college without ever flipping a burger or washing dishes or waiting on tables or stocking a shelf or working as a landscaper. I did all those things while I was in school.