To be panicking about DC’s employability post uni?

CVs I see are all full of Economics/Management/Sciences degrees, multiple internships/work experiences/summer schools – they are highly structured and tick all the boxes
i.e. are the CVs of privilege - no caring responsibilities nor disabilities, to name just two barriers. Find employers who are a bit more equal ops - for example civil service etc type stuff. She can still climb the greasy pole, if that's what she wants (either within CS, or many jump ship and do a gamekeeper-turns-poacher thing).

You're spiralling? Isn't there a career advisory service at her university? Can't she make an appointment and talk over her options? Doesn't she have a tutor she can talk to? Does she have classmates she can discuss this with, people doing the same course who have ideas?

It depends really what graduate schemes you/she is thinking of. There are obviously some which do need specific degrees (Science/medicine for example), and there are obviously some whereby although not essential to have a specific degree it is much preferred (Law). But it’s not always the case.

I would really recommend trying to find something in place of an internship, it really is largely who you know (and who knows you) for some of these schemes. Building relationships and building your reputation can help massively when applying, I went into a legal graduate scheme when I finished my Law degree helped massively by the fact I did an internship there and also then worked there while finishing my studies/during holidays, I wasn’t an unknown to them at that point and I do think that really helped me get that. I would also say that for some businesses although they take applications for the grad schemes, in mine/my friends experience they tend to have the place earmarked for someone they knew from internship.

Also don’t forget that lots of people don’t get a grad job for a few years after finishing uni. There are far more graduates each year than there are grad jobs, most people don’t start one straight away. If she’s not successful immediately then she can take a year/2 years, get a job somewhere she’d like to have a grad job and then apply the following year with the competitive edge that she’s already working for the company, has an understanding of it’s workings in the way that someone fresh out of uni with no experience doesn’t (2 of my friends have done this).

What are her plans with her degree? I would not expect her to be going down the consulting or banking routes with a degree in anthropology.

She does need some experience but she’s been working at least. Internships help of course, my son is on one now, but my oldest was the type who didn’t apply either and he’s definitely not fulfilling his potential in his career but he’s happy and that’s all that matters.

There are a million career paths that aren’t M&A, investment banking etc. what does she enjoy enough to spend 8 hours of her day doing it?