Helipcopter Mother and Job Search

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for a nanny and it is PATHETIC how many mothers are reaching out to me about this job for their grown ass daughters. What the hell??? These mothers are giving me the full blown sales pitch. As IF I'm going to take a mother's refrence for her daughter.

Who does this? I cannot fathom my mother reaching out to potential employers on my behalf. I think of mommy is assisting you on your job search, you are not even qualified to walk my dog. It shows a gross immaturity.

[Anonymous]

I agree. If a family member reached out to me about his/her child's employment application, that employment application would go immediately into the trash can.

[Anonymous]

A family member mentioning to me that another family member is looking for employment may just be serendipity. What is the big deal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a nanny and it is PATHETIC how many mothers are reaching out to me about this job for their grown ass daughters. What the hell??? These mothers are giving me the full blown sales pitch. As IF I'm going to take a mother's refrence for her daughter.

Who does this? I cannot fathom my mother reaching out to potential employers on my behalf. I think of mommy is assisting you on your job search, you are not even qualified to walk my dog. It shows a gross immaturity.

Who does this? Boomers and Xers parents, that's who.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a nanny and it is PATHETIC how many mothers are reaching out to me about this job for their grown ass daughters. What the hell??? These mothers are giving me the full blown sales pitch. As IF I'm going to take a mother's refrence for her daughter.

Who does this? I cannot fathom my mother reaching out to potential employers on my behalf. I think of mommy is assisting you on your job search, you are not even qualified to walk my dog. It shows a gross immaturity.

You are looking for someone to be in charge of your kids, and yet these applicants are not even fully in charge of themselves??! You should do them a favor and tell the moms directly that they are hurting their child's chances by undermine their apparent maturity level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A family member mentioning to me that another family member is looking for employment may just be serendipity. What is the big deal?

I think the difference here is that if it is serendipity, the parent/aunt/sister/grandmother, would say, "My niece is looking for a nanny position. Here is her number." and that would the end of the involvement. What the OP is referring to is parent's acting as headhunters for their children.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a nanny and it is PATHETIC how many mothers are reaching out to me about this job for their grown ass daughters. What the hell??? These mothers are giving me the full blown sales pitch. As IF I'm going to take a mother's refrence for her daughter.

Who does this? I cannot fathom my mother reaching out to potential employers on my behalf. I think of mommy is assisting you on your job search, you are not even qualified to walk my dog. It shows a gross immaturity.

Who does this? Boomers and Xers parents, that's who.

I am an Xer and I would NEVER do this! In fact, when I was teaching college I had a parent call me about her son's grades! College! It is a boomer thing.

[Anonymous]

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 don't think it matters how low the pay is. Even if it's a minimum wage job flipping burgers, a parent should *not* be running interference for a child's job application. To me, that screams "loser".

[Anonymous]

What do you say to them, OP?

[Anonymous]

You sound like a real peach, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you say to them, OP?

I ignore their emails.

[Anonymous]

I'd be so tempted to say, "I'm only interested in mature, self-reliant candidates for this position. If your daughter is interested, she needs to contact me herself. It doesn't speak well of her that you are calling me instead."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound like a real peach, OP.

I'm guessing you are a heli mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a nanny and it is PATHETIC how many mothers are reaching out to me about this job for their grown ass daughters. What the hell??? These mothers are giving me the full blown sales pitch. As IF I'm going to take a mother's refrence for her daughter.

Who does this? I cannot fathom my mother reaching out to potential employers on my behalf. I think of mommy is assisting you on your job search, you are not even qualified to walk my dog. It shows a gross immaturity.

You lost me at "grown ass". Grow up, OP.