Am I worrying unnecessarily? Son aged 15

[ninetofiveeveryday]

My son is going into gcse year. He is academically capable and will, I expect, do well in exams.
he has a few hobbies, nothing he excels at they’re just fun things like football, scouts.
My brother works in London in a high powered job. He said my son needs to be thinking about his cv, he needs volunteering and a job and proven interests like qualifications in his hobbies. He said it’s going to be impossible for ‘middle class’ kids like my son to get a job unless he really stands out.
Is this right? It’s taken a lot of getting to this point where my son is going to school, happy, has friends. He is autistic, high functioning. I thought things were going fine but now I’m wondering if we’re coasting and should be doing more to set him up better?
Any thoughts?

He is fine but work experience is really useful when getting an actual job and your brother is correct. University days are life changing for many and though dominant are such a short part of your life. You can be as clever as you like but they want work.

Universities will take virtually anyone these days, it’s quite frankly not great, DH and I both did our stints doing admissions and it’s just bums on seats. DH was getting genuinely down about it towards the end of his career as the quality of the candidates was not always good enough in his opinion.

What @AllJoyAndNoFun has written has hit the nail on the head.

Your brother should consider his position and his ability to help rather than focus on CV and unpaid internships at 15. What a twit.

At university, yes, I’d argue he should think but not now. And anyway, your brother could pull some strings surely?