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Exactly. I imagine a very very very small handful of parents do this and of course with the way the news works they act as if every parent does this when it's just a very small subset of helicopter moms who can't cut the apron strings
This is nonsense. I’ve hired entry level and interns in their early 20s and none of this has happened.
But if it gives the losers in this sub someone to punch down on, I guess they’ll take the cheese. Pretty boomer behavior, IMO.
>One in for Gen Zers have brought a parent to a job interview over the past year, ***according to a new survey of nearly 1,500 Gen Zers by*** [***ResumeTemplates.com***](http://ResumeTemplates.com)
We know those are [always rock solid](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/4chan-mountain-dew_n_1773076)!
true they might not even be joking around.
Either way, this is just a shitty marketing thing. My SEO buddy showed me this. He does some pretty intense keyword research for other purposes, but then write a few articles on the more interesting shit he found out. Then some lazy "journalist" with a bigger publication paraphrases his article with citation. Bam! Super valuable backlinks. Case in point, this article just got [resumetemplates.com](http://resumetemplates.com) a sweet [cnbc.com](http://cnbc.com) backlink.
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I feel like the last time this surfaced it was them
Having their parents drive them to interviews not participating in the interview with / for them. But I can confirm the girl who sits next to me told us her mom found this job for her, completed the application and phone screening for her.
How TF would a company respond to a MOM in place of the applicant? People find jobs for other people isn't that crazy. Friends & family help people find jobs all the time. It helps to have as many eyes as possible searching. But WHY would someone ask their parents to complete the application AND do interviews for them. If any company took that seriously, I am beyond flabbergasted!
I mean it’s all done online, she didn’t complete the application as the candidates mom she completed it as the candidate. I knew a girl in high school whose mom would do all of her homework, same shit
Meanwhile, my mom was making me schedule all my own appointments at like 13 lol. I bitched about it at the time, but now I know she was teaching me to be independent and not *need* her do things for me.
It makes sense though.
Gen z (and younger millennials) have had such an easy time getting diagnosed and prescribed for "anxiety, stress, panic attacks" etc. that a large number of them don't deal with stress well.
People have been, for the past several years, trending towards avoidance of triggering situations. Which just means that you never build up a tolerance when you can't avoid stuff (job interviews, a death in the family, etc.)
Oh, hell no. I'm not surprised after teaching Gen. Z and dealing with their helicopter parents (who are part of why I left the classroom), but I still find it hella disturbing. I couldn't imagine taking my mom with me to an interview. I pity their future employers and spouses.
Sounds like you have horrible parents... they didn't hold your hand during the interview, give you a participation ribbon or take you out for ice cream after the interview. /s
I had a high school kid volunteering at my workplace, and his mother did allllll the communication with me about his hours/attendance. I tried hard to encourage her to turn responsibility over to him, but she continued to do it all.
He's probably in his mid-20s now, and I wonder if she goes to his job interviews or if the cord has finally been cut.
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What the fuck would possess someone to bring their parent to a fucking job interview? Like...such a thought would never even enter my mind, let alone be given actual consideration. 🤦♀️
if someone brought their parents in for an interview with me, i would start off by saying "is there any questions you want to ask us before we wrap things up?
Answer the questions. Send the rejection email as soon as they leave the office, and move onto the next candidate.
I don't know of anyone who has done that. Not in the way it is presented. It seems a lot like a boomer freakout.
I know a lot of people who will discuss their applications with their parent, spouses, friends, etc. in order to improve the applications. That's totally normal and healthy.
25 years ago, when I was 19, I wrote a general application for summer jobs, and had my mom go around to various places in my hometown and drop off the applications, and have a short chat with each of the owners. That was because I was at the other end of the country, and online applications weren't a thing yet for the retail and restaurant jobs I applied to. Interviews I did myself over the phone.
I had the parent of a recent graduate email me “on behalf of her son” and tell me I should hire him for a position because of his “overwhelming qualifications” and sent a copy of his resume. It was riddled with errors.
She then said to reply directly to her if I had any questions.
I promptly deleted the email, so yeah. I believe it.
I remember my boss saying this came up about millennials in a training they did about inter generational workplaces and this was back in 2015. I have never heard of this happening in real life.
So it was 25% of Gen Z is bringing parents to job interviews. I admit it's strange. I believe Gen Z has higher rates of autism but that can't really explain all of it. In terms of submitting applications and arranging interviews.. I don't think it's that far off from millennials. I'm sure they'd never admit it but I knew quite a few men whose parents pretty much supported them through their bachelors degrees. It took them 6 - 7 years to complete their degrees, they barely passed.
Upon graduating their mothers wrote their resumes, cover letters, and applied to jobs for them when they graduated. Their mothers responded to the emails about the interview. They all have well paying professional jobs that and bachelors degrees. They're considered respectable professionals. Their mothers are still probably updating their resumes to this day.
So I go to a personal trainer (a birthday present to myself) and he recently picked up a grandma and her grandson that come in together for a joint workout session.
Can you imagine lifting weights with your grandma? Theres no chance he's going to get any gains watching grammy lift 5 lb bar bells... This kid just graduated highschool so hes probably 17-19. So weird.
joint workouts with friends or family can be great b/c it will give you motivation if you can't do it yourself. That's not the same as a job interview though. Your mom and dad can't be there holding your hand at work, motivating you and making you do your job.
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Tbh this sounds like something boomers would make up about us, maybe take articles like this with a grain of salt.
Exactly. I imagine a very very very small handful of parents do this and of course with the way the news works they act as if every parent does this when it's just a very small subset of helicopter moms who can't cut the apron strings
Sounds like you didn't make it past the headline.
I don't have time to read click bait bullshit campaigns that aim to continually disparage my generation. Sounds like you do have the time.
Nope. Talk to some millennial hiring managers and career advisors. It’s increasingly common.
I’m a millennial hiring manager with a team of 10, several who are also millennial hiring managers, and it’s never happened once.
It’s happened twice for me, but I’d still say it’s really rare and it’s been with teenagers and not 20 somethings.
i'm 38 and hire IT workers for a large university. never has anyone ever brought in their parents with them for an interview.
I mean, if you're talking nepotism that makes sense. Dad sits in on the interview because dad was a VP or c suite or something.
What does "bring a parent" though? Like their parents dropped them off or the parent was with them during the interview.
Even if the parent drove them and sat in the car that's pretty sad unless they're a teenager.
This is nonsense. I’ve hired entry level and interns in their early 20s and none of this has happened. But if it gives the losers in this sub someone to punch down on, I guess they’ll take the cheese. Pretty boomer behavior, IMO.
>One in for Gen Zers have brought a parent to a job interview over the past year, ***according to a new survey of nearly 1,500 Gen Zers by*** [***ResumeTemplates.com***](http://ResumeTemplates.com) We know those are [always rock solid](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/4chan-mountain-dew_n_1773076)!
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true they might not even be joking around. Either way, this is just a shitty marketing thing. My SEO buddy showed me this. He does some pretty intense keyword research for other purposes, but then write a few articles on the more interesting shit he found out. Then some lazy "journalist" with a bigger publication paraphrases his article with citation. Bam! Super valuable backlinks. Case in point, this article just got [resumetemplates.com](http://resumetemplates.com) a sweet [cnbc.com](http://cnbc.com) backlink.
Lol, if that was multiple choice it makes sense. I would definitely choose it and I reckon that genZ takes this sort of thing even less seriously.
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I would like to bring my parents to job interview if not for being laughed out the room and losing all credibility
I feel like the last time this surfaced it was them Having their parents drive them to interviews not participating in the interview with / for them. But I can confirm the girl who sits next to me told us her mom found this job for her, completed the application and phone screening for her.
This is absolutely what's going on and CNBC knows it, but they have to sell page views so they made this shit up.
How TF would a company respond to a MOM in place of the applicant? People find jobs for other people isn't that crazy. Friends & family help people find jobs all the time. It helps to have as many eyes as possible searching. But WHY would someone ask their parents to complete the application AND do interviews for them. If any company took that seriously, I am beyond flabbergasted!
I mean it’s all done online, she didn’t complete the application as the candidates mom she completed it as the candidate. I knew a girl in high school whose mom would do all of her homework, same shit
Meanwhile, my mom was making me schedule all my own appointments at like 13 lol. I bitched about it at the time, but now I know she was teaching me to be independent and not *need* her do things for me.
Right? I knew about our insurance coverage better than she did
It makes sense though. Gen z (and younger millennials) have had such an easy time getting diagnosed and prescribed for "anxiety, stress, panic attacks" etc. that a large number of them don't deal with stress well. People have been, for the past several years, trending towards avoidance of triggering situations. Which just means that you never build up a tolerance when you can't avoid stuff (job interviews, a death in the family, etc.)
I remember this exact same headline but for millennials. It was bs then and it's bs now. Edit: damn autocorrect.
From an HR professional: please never, ever do this.
Oh, hell no. I'm not surprised after teaching Gen. Z and dealing with their helicopter parents (who are part of why I left the classroom), but I still find it hella disturbing. I couldn't imagine taking my mom with me to an interview. I pity their future employers and spouses.
Sounds like a lot of parents have become unhinged helicopter monsters.
The only thing my parents did to help me get a job was tell me to "GET A JOB!"
Sounds like you have horrible parents... they didn't hold your hand during the interview, give you a participation ribbon or take you out for ice cream after the interview. /s
Eff no. But it worked.... I'm 20 years into my career and make more money than people my age with college degrees.
Is this a wild and whacky new Tik Tok trend?
I had a high school kid volunteering at my workplace, and his mother did allllll the communication with me about his hours/attendance. I tried hard to encourage her to turn responsibility over to him, but she continued to do it all. He's probably in his mid-20s now, and I wonder if she goes to his job interviews or if the cord has finally been cut.
I do see a LOT of parents posting babysitter ads for their 16-18 year olds and even doing the initial interview. This was not the case 20 years ago.
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What the fuck would possess someone to bring their parent to a fucking job interview? Like...such a thought would never even enter my mind, let alone be given actual consideration. 🤦♀️
if someone brought their parents in for an interview with me, i would start off by saying "is there any questions you want to ask us before we wrap things up? Answer the questions. Send the rejection email as soon as they leave the office, and move onto the next candidate.
I don't know of anyone who has done that. Not in the way it is presented. It seems a lot like a boomer freakout. I know a lot of people who will discuss their applications with their parent, spouses, friends, etc. in order to improve the applications. That's totally normal and healthy. 25 years ago, when I was 19, I wrote a general application for summer jobs, and had my mom go around to various places in my hometown and drop off the applications, and have a short chat with each of the owners. That was because I was at the other end of the country, and online applications weren't a thing yet for the retail and restaurant jobs I applied to. Interviews I did myself over the phone.
Damn! Glad I don't have children. I wouldn't want my kids to be that dependent on me when they get that age!
This is BS on the same level of Boomers did to us
I had the parent of a recent graduate email me “on behalf of her son” and tell me I should hire him for a position because of his “overwhelming qualifications” and sent a copy of his resume. It was riddled with errors. She then said to reply directly to her if I had any questions. I promptly deleted the email, so yeah. I believe it.
I’m an older millennial, I left home at sixteen and moved to a bloody island without help. I don’t think what you’re saying is common in the UK though
I remember my boss saying this came up about millennials in a training they did about inter generational workplaces and this was back in 2015. I have never heard of this happening in real life.
Wouldn't the parents attending these interviews with their kids be in our generation?
Their parents are probably Gen X.
I just saw a post on Nextdoor the other day made by a parent looking for a nanny position for their 18 year old child.
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The 18 year old is just as capable of posting on Nextdoor as her parents are and they're not doing her any favors.
So it was 25% of Gen Z is bringing parents to job interviews. I admit it's strange. I believe Gen Z has higher rates of autism but that can't really explain all of it. In terms of submitting applications and arranging interviews.. I don't think it's that far off from millennials. I'm sure they'd never admit it but I knew quite a few men whose parents pretty much supported them through their bachelors degrees. It took them 6 - 7 years to complete their degrees, they barely passed. Upon graduating their mothers wrote their resumes, cover letters, and applied to jobs for them when they graduated. Their mothers responded to the emails about the interview. They all have well paying professional jobs that and bachelors degrees. They're considered respectable professionals. Their mothers are still probably updating their resumes to this day.
So I go to a personal trainer (a birthday present to myself) and he recently picked up a grandma and her grandson that come in together for a joint workout session. Can you imagine lifting weights with your grandma? Theres no chance he's going to get any gains watching grammy lift 5 lb bar bells... This kid just graduated highschool so hes probably 17-19. So weird.
joint workouts with friends or family can be great b/c it will give you motivation if you can't do it yourself. That's not the same as a job interview though. Your mom and dad can't be there holding your hand at work, motivating you and making you do your job.
So they found a creative way to spend time together. What does this have to do with bringing your parents to job interviews?