Helipcopter Mother and Job Search

[Anonymous]

I listen to a woman make calls for internships, living situations, doctor appts, etc. for her 25 year old son almost daily. He is in college, does not live at home, and has mommy do everything. This thread does not surprise me in the least. The world is so f*cked it's unreal.

[Anonymous]

weird thread. I agree that it's lame for the parents to be calling for grown daughters to get a job. But at the same time I agree with the nanny who said that OP sounds like she'd be a pain to work for.

[Anonymous]

The only time it is appropriate is when networking, if the parent actually knows the person hiring and is contacting the hiring person as a connection. If there is no connection, then the parent has no business being involved.

Professionally, I will make it known that we only accept applications from principals and not from any third party agents including family members. This normally pertains to head hunters, but the policy can definitely be applied to helicopter parents who are in essence acting as a head hunter for their child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be attracting very young nannies.
I'm a 32 year old nanny and I have never heard of this happening. You probably are offering low pay.

I'm attracting everyone. I'm not having a hard time finding grown ups, i have two dozen responses in less rhan 3 days.. This is not a post about the difficulty in finding an adult applicant. This os a post about adult applicants who have mommy finding them jobs.

You might be 32, but are still very immature.

I've been a professional in my field for over 10 years. I'm giving you free advice and you are coming back at me with that?
Good luck OP. Actually, good luck to whoever you bamboozle into working for you.

Angry angry nanny. Hope you get the kids down for a nap, so you can get one too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be attracting very young nannies.
I'm a 32 year old nanny and I have never heard of this happening. You probably are offering low pay.

I'm attracting everyone. I'm not having a hard time finding grown ups, i have two dozen responses in less rhan 3 days.. This is not a post about the difficulty in finding an adult applicant. This os a post about adult applicants who have mommy finding them jobs.

You might be 32, but are still very immature.

I've been a professional in my field for over 10 years. I'm giving you free advice and you are coming back at me with that?
Good luck OP. Actually, good luck to whoever you bamboozle into working for you.

Nanny, what advice did you give OP actually? Seems more like a useless opinion.

[Anonymous]

Is DC low on Xanax today? You ladies are angry!
Go play some tennis and relax.

[Anonymous]

OP has given no context.

Mom calling or emailing potential employer to present kid's credentials-- I agree, not cool.

Mom from the neighborhood verbally passes on the fact that daughter is an experienced nanny looking for a job -- I would be grateful for a reference from someone I know face to face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP has given no context.

Mom calling or emailing potential employer to present kid's credentials-- I agree, not cool.

Mom from the neighborhood verbally passes on the fact that daughter is an experienced nanny looking for a job -- I would be grateful for a reference from someone I know face to face.

I highly doubt this is a neighbor saying they have a daughter that is looking for a nanny position. This is just common sense reading.

More than a few recruiters have chimed in here that helicopter moms do this in the business world as well.

[Anonymous]

See the post at 10:45
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/317163.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP has given no context.

Mom calling or emailing potential employer to present kid's credentials-- I agree, not cool.

Mom from the neighborhood verbally passes on the fact that daughter is an experienced nanny looking for a job -- I would be grateful for a reference from someone I know face to face.

I was going to post this. Getting a job is often about networking, so if this mom is someone you know, maybe the mom and daughter decided together that having the mom call you would increase the daughter's chances.

If you never met the mom or daughter before, then the mom calling you is just wrong.

[Anonymous]

I'm a 26 year old nanny and never have had my mom or dad vouch for me. I agree that it looks like the nanny is immature and unable to handle herself. I do admit that when my 17 year old sister wanted to start babysitting at 14, I made sure she only worked for families I already worked for and when she met them, I took her and stayed during the meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See the post at 10:45
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/317163.page

That is the best!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 26 year old nanny and never have had my mom or dad vouch for me. I agree that it looks like the nanny is immature and unable to handle herself. I do admit that when my 17 year old sister wanted to start babysitting at 14, I made sure she only worked for families I already worked for and when she met them, I took her and stayed during the meeting.

This is different. A nanny is supposed to be a professional and presumably wants to be treated as such. I've had a few babysitters where the older sister graduated HS and now the younger sister sits for us. Adds a level of comfort for both the parent and the teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See the post at 10:45
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/317163.page

OMG .. just read that post. I really cannot fathom any parent going to that length. They must live in their own reality to not realize how embarrassing and ridiculous they are, that the adult child may become the laughing stock of the company.

[Anonymous]

These are the people that will one day replace all the management and people who actually get sh*t done at jobs all across the country as Baby Boomers and Gen X retires. It's scary. These are the same people who will be president and in Congress.