What can my son do during uni break?

Miss-spent_2

Thanks, and I know your right he is too oid for his mum to be doing all this and perhaps I take the rejection worse than him.
I do worry that he will come out with a degree (hopefully) but have nothing else on his CV.
My other younger so son is so diffrent. at the moment he is on holiday with his mates treking in Corsica, has been to India, has a weekend job and is just 18. Somehow that makes it worse for the older one

bristol_pilot

Maths is a highly marketable skill, there are simply loads of Companies that would take him on for the summer if he wants a job. He could get one of his lecturers or the uni careers centre to give him some contacts. Or write speculative letters to Companies - obviously ones that will use Maths skills like BAE, GCHQ or city banks. If the work is paid, he needn't restrict himself to the local area. Maybe he should aim a bit higher in the places he's looking.

Timmne

Tell him (or advise him) to get a job in a pub - I was a really shy character before I worked in a pub and wasn't particularly outgoing... Now you can't shut me up! Working behind a bar gives one so much confidence and the chance to meet business people is good too, he could find a job to go onto through that!

Katmc2k

hey

i don't know where you are but if you are Scotland I can fully recommend Project Scotland, if you google it you will get the website. There are tons of voluntary places and you are "paid" by the Scottish Executive (£55 per week!) I did it for two summers for the same charity and absolutely loved it, I learned loads of skills and it looks great on my CV. There is every kind of placement imaginable it's not all what you would typically think of as violunteer work (I was in charge of liasing with the Scottish Parliament :eek:) I'm sure there must be an English/Welsh/Irish equivelant?

You could suggest to him when he goes back to uni (and when the schools go back) that he could offer himself as a Maths tutor? I did this when I was younger and I really enjoyed it. Would be something else for the CV.

Miss-spent_2

Thanks all lots of practical advice here. I like the idea od tutoring and looking on the internet for voluntary work.
Will look out for bar work too.