[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic]My middle son recently graduated wuth a BS in construction mgt and is having some difficulty finding any job.
I find myself with no advice or insight.
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First commenters have given some good advice already.
Did he choose construction management because he likes hands-on construction, or because he likes to manage?
If he likes hands on construction, I think Josh is on the money. Do a year or two of framing, etc…then when the economy turns around he’ll have a degree *and* real-world experience. If it takes awhile to turn around, he can always choose the path of this guy:
I watch his videos a lot and he explains how he got to where he’s at. I believe he says he makes six figures now as a handyman and doesn’t even have to find new customers – he has a large client base and can pick his work. He is based out of Denver I believe.
If he doesn’t like hands-on construction, then he needs to figure out what he does like to do. That may take awhile and require multiple fresh starts. Not so much recently but a couple of decades ago most of the software developers I knew had a degree in something else, and it varied quite a bit from psychology to HW engineering and even business management. Having the degree and experience are the key things. He has the degree. Now he has to decide what experience to start working on.
When my sons graduated high school, one of them thought he wanted to be an auto mechanic. He showed us a brochure for a school up in LA that wanted like $40K a year to teach him. We told him: tell you what, get yourself a job as a mechanic right now, hold the job a year and if you like it, we’ll spring for that school next year. He made it six months and decided it wasn’t for him. Cha-ching saved myself $40K. He is now in college working towards an engineering degree.[/quote]
Being a car mechanic is only fun when it’s only your car. Most of the time, it sucks when you have to fix other people’s problem and your life depends on it. People that do well care more about running the business than actually doing the hands on work…
