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Advice for job seeking graduates hasn't really improved much since the 1967 hit movie “The Graduate.”

However, the father-son team of Bob and Michael Brody is determined to change that. Bob’s book “Dude, have you seen my job?” is considered an anthem to the unemployed, and now his newly-graduated son is joining the field.

“This will be a continuation. It's really something he wants to do,” said Bob Brody.

“I know we'll have to go out and get the jobs, cause they won’t come after us,” said his son, Michael.

At that point, going out and getting the jobs didn't include a part-time job at Toys R Us. Michael took a few positions like that to keep things together. But the situation has turned around, as his attempts to get published were finally realized with an article in a start up online publication.

The article was about familiar territory – unemployed college graduates.

“I thought, ‘hey it’s my life and thousands of other people are living it,’” said the younger Brody.

In the story, he documents best laid career plans and the need to adapt them.

“I initially thought if you throw enough story pitches against the wall, one would stick,” Michael said. “That's not the case. It takes a lot more than that.”

And, he says, there were plenty of disappointments.

“I would hit it off with a hiring manager and it all sounded so perfect and then, bam, they hired from within,” he recalled.

He credits raw determination for the recently-published piece. And, he is already looking for more – fielding interest for additional articles.

His advice to recent graduates?

“I guess the best piece of advice I would give people who've graduated and are looking for work and who are maybe having trouble, is not to take it personally, not to ever let it get you down,” he said. “To sort of look at the environment and realize that it's not you.”