Parents posting on behalf of their college age or post grad children looking for jobs

[Anonymous]

Networking should happen everywhere. The more people helping you to connect the better. You never know which lead will prove successful. As long as the kids are on the hunt, it's great parents are helping. Shit I would ask every single one of my friends to post on my behalf! There is no shame in asking and putting out the message that you're seeking an opportunity. 100000x is better than 1000.

-signed a corporate recruiter/ex headhunter/current career coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not quite the same thing but I recently posted a rental listing on a DC apartment rental Facebook page and many of the responses were from mommy and I cringed each time.

The kids aren’t on FB so I wouldn’t care if my mom contacted someone for a rental if I found it on FB. I’d just ask her to pass on my contact info. My college aged doesn’t have FB but he saw something he wanted to buy and I messaged the person to pass on his contact info. Not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

This culture of disdain for parents and adult kids helping each other out isn't serving our society well. I see a complete opposite in country of my origin and feel like there has to be a more balanced middle ground.

[Anonymous]

My recent grad child has spent 3 months applying to over 100 jobs, including cashier and waitress positions. So yes, the other day I decided to reach out to my network, many of whom also have kids in the same boat. Two days after I posted on Facebook my grad has three interviews, one at place that they had applied to weeks ago and never heard back from. This is the world we live in now. I’m not going on the interviews or calling future employers to negotiate salaries, but I am using a network I worked hard to build to crack open a few doors. I’m not sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My recent grad child has spent 3 months applying to over 100 jobs, including cashier and waitress positions. So yes, the other day I decided to reach out to my network, many of whom also have kids in the same boat. Two days after I posted on Facebook my grad has three interviews, one at place that they had applied to weeks ago and never heard back from. This is the world we live in now. I’m not going on the interviews or calling future employers to negotiate salaries, but I am using a network I worked hard to build to crack open a few doors. I’m not sorry.

Well said.

[Anonymous]

All the jobs are being outsourced to India or replaced by AI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I’m on a few Facebook pages for my area and there are so many parents posting on behalf of their college age and post grad children looking for jobs. I think it’s wildly inappropriate and embarrassing- the kid should be posting for themselves.

Ok. But your judgment won’t get them a job which is what they really care about.

If the kid wants a job so badly they should be posting. These groups aren’t parent only groups.

Do you have jobs for their kids? Don't hire them. Do you have nothing better to do??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it can reach different networks on who posts so I think this makes sense. Parents are more likely to have hiring managers in their networks

+1 No different than mentioning it to your group of friends or colleagues that your kid is looking for a position in X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not quite the same thing but I recently posted a rental listing on a DC apartment rental Facebook page and many of the responses were from mommy and I cringed each time.

What do you expect? The kids aren't on FB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Desperate times out there.

It is extremely bad out there and people who never had to worry about unemployment/underemployment or networking are desperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Desperate times out there.

It is extremely bad out there and people who never had to worry about unemployment/underemployment or networking are desperate.

I graduated into a recession and would have appreciated anyone's help finding a job. All we had was our college career placement office and the newspaper.

[Anonymous]

If the kids aren’t old enough to be on FB (12 year old to shovel a driveway) the parent should post.

Children old enough to have an account especially college kids should create an account if they want to find jobs, apartments on that platform. The don’t need to use it for other things.

This was a huge issue for me 15 years ago. Parents calling me about their amazing kid who needed a summer internship and it was mid June. And I would tell them flat out, there kid is now on a list I share w 10 other people (other orgs in the same field) that they have a helicopter parent and will be a difficult employee.

Now I’ve helped friend’s kids get jobs. But all the parent did was introduce me to them because I’m in a field they like, the kid made the effort to schedule time w me, present themself to me, thank me for my time and follow up.

the interns we take at my current org that have mommy and daddy help them get the job are garbage. They can’t function. I won’t work w them anymore and I get my own interns from the general pool. And they are a million times better. I just got one her first job w 6 figures.

I’ve had jr staff finish something and then just sit there. They can’t figure out how to start their own project, find something else to do, or even just read the news. And when I ask why didn’t you come to me when you are done they say “well you didn’t tell me to”. Seriously they go to the top schools and don’t know how to be useful in an office. I had one of them call their mom and ask her what she should do.