Parents of millennials have actually tried 2 accompany their children 2 post college job interviews?

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Years ago, when I, a proud Generation X member, was indeed applying for a camp counselor position, my mother drove me to the interview because I was too young to drive. She waited in the car.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this is true. I previously worked at a boutique creative staffing agency in Bethesda as their MarComm / Web + Graphic Design recruiter. At least once a week, I had a parent accompany their millennial child to our office for an interview. These were often the same parents whose kids put me on hold so they could grab their parents to join them on their phone interview, prior to coming in person. They made my life a living hell when their kid couldn't get either a temp or temp to hire job because surely there is nobody more qualified than their special snowflake. It got to a point that I had to add in a note to my interview instructions instructing candidates that they couldn't bring anyone to their interviews and post-interview, I made it clear that I'd only communicate with the candidate - not their parents. (FWIW, I'm a millennial myself)

Why did you even bring them in for a personal interview if they had their parents join the phone interview?

And for what it's worth, I don't think we should be bashing the millennial kids. They have no idea how ridiculous it is because that's how it's always been. We should be bashing their Gen X/late boomer parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this is true. I previously worked at a boutique creative staffing agency in Bethesda as their MarComm / Web + Graphic Design recruiter. At least once a week, I had a parent accompany their millennial child to our office for an interview. These were often the same parents whose kids put me on hold so they could grab their parents to join them on their phone interview, prior to coming in person. They made my life a living hell when their kid couldn't get either a temp or temp to hire job because surely there is nobody more qualified than their special snowflake. It got to a point that I had to add in a note to my interview instructions instructing candidates that they couldn't bring anyone to their interviews and post-interview, I made it clear that I'd only communicate with the candidate - not their parents. (FWIW, I'm a millennial myself)

Why did you even bring them in for a personal interview if they had their parents join the phone interview?

And for what it's worth, I don't think we should be bashing the millennial kids. They have no idea how ridiculous it is because that's how it's always been. We should be bashing their Gen X/late boomer parents.

PP from the staffing agency here. I brought them in because employers we worked with wanted to review multiple entry-level candidates so I didn't always have the choice not to. Especially if they had the experience we were trying to match. It's not like I had an endless pool of candidates to source from so when the pickings were slim, I had to bring them in.

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Maybe they are concerned about millenials writing with numbers when they should be using letters?

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OMG, it's TRUE

One guy sat outside the interview room then after his son was done, went inside and talked with the supervisor and manager that interviewed him.

The shocking part is that they hired him.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not worry about yourself and your grammar?

Why not answer the question instead of attacking the OP?

ad hominem attack - not a successful technique

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Anonymous wrote:Years ago, when I, a proud Generation X member, was indeed applying for a camp counselor position, my mother drove me to the interview because I was too young to drive. She waited in the car.

And this applies how exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:Years ago, when I, a proud Generation X member, was indeed applying for a camp counselor position, my mother drove me to the interview because I was too young to drive. She waited in the car.

See, this is perfectly acceptable. The camp had no idea how you got there. Your mother didn't take a picture of you during your interview. You're fine.

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It's happened at my office before. I argued against hiring her but my boss insisted on her. Boss had daughters around the same age and seemed like the type who would also accompany them on their interviews.

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Gen X poster here. (I am 44 with two young kids.) Curious about this. What are the age of parents raising millennials? What generation?

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Anonymous wrote:Gen X poster here. (I am 44 with two young kids.) Curious about this. What are the age of parents raising millennials? What generation?

Most millennial parents are boomers. That's why boomer complaining about millennials is so funny.

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Anonymous wrote:My SIL works in HR. She often calls to schedule an interview with a candidate and gets a return call from the mom, who says "It's just easier this way -- I keep the family calendar, so this way he won't double book."

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are concerned about millenials writing with numbers when they should be using letters?

You try and fit all of that into the allowed topic space. YOU CANT!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Years ago, when I, a proud Generation X member, was indeed applying for a camp counselor position, my mother drove me to the interview because I was too young to drive. She waited in the car.

See, this is perfectly acceptable. The camp had no idea how you got there. Your mother didn't take a picture of you during your interview. You're fine.

I know.

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When my division is hiring for our new college grads program, the guys running the program end up with a lot of resumes from kids of current employees. They rarely/never get a resume of a qualified candidate but they get a ton of pissed off current employee parents wondering why their wonderful child didn't get an interview/job. Well, your kid may be wonderful but this role requires a computer science degree and your kid has never even seen the inside of an entry level CS class. I'm sure a degree in sociology prepares you for a lot of things but performing this work isn't one of them.