My son graduated engineering in 2007 and has just been spinning his wheels, my daughter graduated in 2005 with math and economics and after a year and a half found a job in Canada. That door was only open to her because my wife was born in Montreal and maintained dual citizenship just for the hell of it.
Over the last year my son has obliterated our frequent flyer miles traveling to interviews anywhere he can get them. He too is now looking in Canada.
My children are economic refugees,
What about graduate school? Does college alone not matter anymore without grad school or is grad school just a waste of time?
Sorry to hear that. I still think the odds of getting a job with a technical degree are better than one with a liberal arts degree. Your son’s experience nonwithstanding, I think the BLS stats back me up on this. In the end there are no guarantees of anything, only odds in/out of your favor.
Best of luck to your son.