re: I need help finding a job for my nephew (south LA, just graduated in finance)

20/hr would put them ahead of 30% of America. Take that job and live like a college student for a year and then turn it in a much better job. I took a job out of college for 12/hr out of college in 2007 and gained experience and 6 months later landed a job making 80k due to the experience I had at the first job. Sorry they want to live the upper middle class lifestyle their parents live right out of college. And who doesn’t want to live on their own? And I stand by a studio apartment in a decent part of town is under 1k. I know where I live a friend still rents and she rents a studio in a desired neighborhood for 750 a month

Move to DFW, Texas tomorrow, trust me. It’s not just job opportunities, social aspects as well.

What were his grades like? Students with less than a 3.0 GPA usually have their applications thrown in the trash.

What kind of relationship did he have with his finance professors? They are the KEY to finding good jobs in your field.

Did he have an internship during his time at Nicholls? Internships afford students the experience they lack.

Finance majors usually take a bunch of accounting courses. He could get his foot in the door with an accounting job, then transition into finance side of things.

If all else fails, how does he feel about studying for an MBA?

I would become a lender in the commercial departments for a bank….or get into insurance with a major insurance group.

Learn everything about lending to developers, businesses, farm operations, etc.

He will have to start as a junior analyst or portfolio assistant. Then learn everything about credit, underwriting, lending.

If I could go back and do it all over, I would get a finance degree and learn all about banking or insurance.

Some of the insurance guys that work for the big companies make insane amounts of money.

In Louisiana, finance degrees are great if you are numbers based guy or gal with good customer relationship skills.

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Yea, Nichols and Southeastern have tons of guys going to Wall Street to make 250k per year out of school

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Probably not, but LSU will have a few, as well as a few working Starbucks

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Then he gets to compete against all the SMU, TCU, UNT, DBU grads on their home turf with their connections

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Quantity. You can get a bullshite finance job making $50k-$60k if you are a warm body. You aren’t getting the private equity jobs, but based on the OP, it doesn’t seem like that’s what the kid is cut out for anyway

Plenty of insurance jobs to be had in the area. It’s finance adjacent and plenty of room to grow and there’s a ton of financial upside.

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I’m not saying don’t apply there, but no need to move before getting a job.

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This isn't 2000. I could move all my shite a 12 hour drive away and be moved into a new apartment in 3 days. However, with everyone else, companies, especially with AI scanning every CV that comes across the desk, don't want to put up with the typical shite that relocators cause. Oh, I need more time to break my lease, can I have money for a u-Haul, my aunt is sick and I can't move for another month, etc. Your shite is hitting the recycle bin PDQ, because they don't have to deal with the added complexity, especially at the entry level.

Easy solution. Move. He’s in the wrong area and can easily fix this. He has nothing weighing him down.