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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I was wondering how the question was worded. I’ve driven my under 22s to most of their job interviews as they had yet to attain a job that would allow them to keep a car. I ended up playing Uber a lot.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You should be very very embarrassed that you don't understand connections and networking (yes, even through parents - no ESPECIALLY through parents) is how the real world works. Not taking every advantage and opportunity you have at your disposal, especially huge ones like having parents who know decision-makers, is just plain stupid.

You think George W. Bush would have gotten anywhere near as far as he did if it weren't for who his parents were? Is becoming President (regardless of what a terrible job he did) "failure to launch?"

If you're holding back on offering your connections to your kids out of some misguided attempt to make them independent, I feel very sorry for them.

[Anonymous]

I’m Gen X and I guess I did this. I was interviewing at a small company for several hours right after graduating. I was in town with my parent for a few days looking for an apartment because I was moving here. This was before cell phones, so when my parent picked me up at the set time, they came in to wait until I was finished with my meetings. The manager introduced themselves to my parent afterwards and we all chatted for a few minutes (they were the same age). It was embarrassing at the time. Anyway I got the job.

[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.

Why would the parents even give them a ride to the interview. Will they also give them a ride to work? And pack their lunch?
Grow up!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does not remotely pass the sniff test. No way.

+1. There's basically zero chance this is true, but it does give people a chance to be upset about Kids Today, so they lap it up.

Different survey; similar results:

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-jobseekers-unprofessional-entitled-employers-say-survey-2024-1?amp

It's Business Insider. Nothing but click bait and "facts" that are anything but and meant to stir things up....furthering their goal of getting clicks.

[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.

This is how it has been done for the rich or connected for generations.

[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.

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

You did this.

Ask the kids in management consulting or hedge funds how they got their jobs.

[Anonymous]

I have never seen it, nor heard of it. I can't even sit with my kids for the private school interviews.

The articles did not say what jobs the kids were applying. I can't imagine any hiring manager would allow it.

Of course privilaged class always has gotten jobs for their kids, but they donot need to show up to pull strings.

[Anonymous]

It's not only Gen Z. When I started my own business in the 90s and it began taking off, my aunt and uncle pressured me to hire their kids (my cousins) who were Gen X.

I wasn't fundamentally opposed to hiring them. I simply told my aunt and uncle that I'd like to hear directly from my cousins that they wanted to work at my company -- not have their parents do their work for them.

That never happened, and I never hired them. My aunt and uncle proceeded to blacklist me the next few years, and my cousins never really spoke with me again. I consider it a bullet dodged.

[Anonymous]

This is not a real survey: "Resume Templates said its survey received responses from 1,428 Gen-Zers, between the ages of 18 and 27, about job search and job interview experiences. One in four said they had brought a parent to a job interview."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does not remotely pass the sniff test. No way.

+1. There's basically zero chance this is true, but it does give people a chance to be upset about Kids Today, so they lap it up.

Different survey; similar results:

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-jobseekers-unprofessional-entitled-employers-say-survey-2024-1?amp

It's Business Insider. Nothing but click bait and "facts" that are anything but and meant to stir things up....furthering their goal of getting clicks.

Yawn.


Google it then. Pick a source you like more.

[Anonymous]

This happened at my office for an entry level position about 17 years ago. I said it was odd and a red flag, but my boss who had a daughter the same age as the applicant thought it was great and hired her. She was actually a very good employee but I never got over her bringing her dad to an interview.

[Anonymous]

This happens routinely for zoom screen-out interviews. I have also had parents of high-school age kids call and stop by asking to meet with the director to attempt to get me to hire the kid as a summer staffer. Hardly surprised at the statistics.

[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"

Fed here- there are not mommies or daddies in interviews!! I do have people ask inappropriate questions about work/life balance though. I mean we're feds, yes there is work life balance already. If you ask even more about it, it makes you look very lazy. I even had one who wanted to sleep in and start work at 10, leave at 3 and then start work again 8-11pm.

[Anonymous]

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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.

My supervisor was talking about this, they were interviewing for a position and and the dad wanted to asked question because she has anxiety.

I have hard and fast rules. No parents at interviews or benefit orientations. Happy to share our benefits guide with them and they can show mom and/or dad but they must attend the session without parental support.