How to help a college student find a career

Your college-age son or daughter, statistically speaking, is likely clueless about the vast range of careers on offer in the world.

A survey of 600,000 teens by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found them narrowly focused on a tiny handful of occupations, from the plausible (teacher, doctor, engineer) to significantly more unlikely (designer, actor, professional musician).

If your kid is approaching college age, or already enrolled, you may have wished your heavy lifting — helping with the algebra homework, critiquing the essays — was over.

But now, if you value your current or future status as a happy empty-nester, your job is to help acquaint your adult child with the working world in all its complex glory.

This list will get you and them started finding a satisfying career: