1 in 4 Gen Z job applicants bring their mom or dad to their job interview in 2024

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

They said us millennials did it too. Same article, rinse, repeat. Not a real thing.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parent-job-interview_n_3907447

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe that. Why would the company allow an extra person to be in the room? I could believe parents drove them to the interview, maybe even said hello, and waited in the lobby (which is weird enough) but this article says a portion say in the interview and answered questions.

I don't believe it either. I did interviews for our entry level hiring this year. Our firm interviewed about 50 and there were no parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

The SES Fed will not let anything happen to this kid. That’s how the real world operates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

The SES Fed will not let anything happen to this kid. That’s how the real world operates

You're probably right. I don't operate in the Fed world. I'm in the high stakes corporate world. There are other problems there. At least we do have "no mommies or daddies in interviews"

[Anonymous]

No, I do not believe it will grow larger. I have never seen this and interviewed hundreds of Gen Z applicants in the past few years.

Maybe their parents gave them a ride to the interview?

There are lots of phony trend stories and that is nothing new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I do not believe it will grow larger. I have never seen this and interviewed hundreds of Gen Z applicants in the past few years.

Maybe their parents gave them a ride to the interview?

There are lots of phony trend stories and that is nothing new.

+1 this story is outrageous fakery.

[Anonymous]

I have not seen this either. Although I have interviewed more than one candidate by zoom who seemed to be in their childhood bedroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

The SES Fed will not let anything happen to this kid. That’s how the real world operates

You're probably right. I don't operate in the Fed world. I'm in the high stakes corporate world. There are other problems there. At least we do have "no mommies or daddies in interviews"

It also happens in the private industry as well. It is not how much you know but who you know, and who your champion is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

You just drove him? Did you go in with him? Your case seems different because you drove him there because you knew someone, is not like you're son has a interview with DC Mom and dads, and you walked in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

The SES Fed will not let anything happen to this kid. That’s how the real world operates

You're probably right. I don't operate in the Fed world. I'm in the high stakes corporate world. There are other problems there. At least we do have "no mommies or daddies in interviews"

It also happens in the private industry as well. It is not how much you know but who you know, and who your champion is.

Parents can offer important information and “fill in the cracks” if their child forgets something or blanks on a question due to stress.

[Anonymous]

Parents can offer info and fill in the cracks!?!

Unless kid has an ADA disability the kid must know and articulate their own resume, school coursework, activities, job history if any. If they don't is it fake? Ghostwritten by parent?

What info? Baby only got a B- because teacher eas mean? They broke up with their true love night before exam? That's not going to help. Gee what if Baby has a bad date night before client presentation...

Fill in what cracks? Gaps because was in rehab?

Seriously parent stays in parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

I'm embarrassed for him. This will not go well in a year or two. Good luck.

The SES Fed will not let anything happen to this kid. That’s how the real world operates

You're probably right. I don't operate in the Fed world. I'm in the high stakes corporate world. There are other problems there. At least we do have "no mommies or daddies in interviews"

LOL, right because the corporate world isn't just FULL of nepo babies as if that isn't the exact same thing.

[Anonymous]

Misleading. 1/4 brought parent to interview (like got a ride). Only 1/4 of the 1/4, about 7%, had a parent in the interview. Which is weird and high, but minor. Consider how many % have some significant disability. And consider that more capable people interview less, so this survey is biased toward people who can't get or keep jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drove my 22 DS to a job interview. I took him to see my college buddy who is now SES Fed. My buddy introduced DS to one of the contractors, and DS received a job offer 30 minutes later.

You should be very, VERY embarrassed you raised a kid who failed to launch on his own.

You did this.