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This isn't kindergarten Folks!

College grads venturing out into the corporate world should, by now, know the ins and outs of the job interview process.

Dress smart. Project confidence. Know how to answer that boilerplate question, “What’s your biggest flaw?” Don’t bring your parents along.

Wait, what? Come again? Yes, it seems the safe-space generation apparently needs mommy and/or daddy to show up as they try to land their dream job.

According to a survey by Resume Templates, 26 percent of those ages 18 to 27 brought along a parent to a job interview — and that’s just the beginning of the disturbing findings from the survey, conducted in April among 1,428 U.S.-based respondents who said they had searched for a job in the last year. . .

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#This isn't kindergarten Folks! >College grads venturing out into the corporate world should, by now, know the ins and outs of the job interview process. >Dress smart. Project confidence. Know how to answer that boilerplate question, “What’s your biggest flaw?” Don’t bring your parents along. >Wait, what? Come again? Yes, it seems the safe-space generation apparently needs mommy and/or daddy to show up as they try to land their dream job. >According to a survey by Resume Templates, 26 percent of those ages 18 to 27 brought along a parent to a job interview — and that’s just the beginning of the disturbing findings from the survey, conducted in April among 1,428 U.S.-based respondents who said they had searched for a job in the last year. . . [Archive](https://archive.today/BMFgz)

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[–] • 4 pts

I had no idea /s/Interviews was a sub

If parents need to come into the interview, that candidate isn't for the job. If they "can't handle the stress" of an interview, they can't in the work.

[–] • 2 pts

I had no idea /s/Interviews was a sub

Me either, just discovered it today!

[–] • 1 pt

That's my sub, check it out please post some good interviews there!

[–] • 4 pts

My question is why are the parents, who should be Gen X/Y (didn't get raised in DEI), going with their kids? They should know better.

[–] • 1 pt

My same thought. GenX, if my kids asked me I'd laugh at them.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

Yeah it's like, my parents gave me the keys to the house at 9, I pretty much got my first job at 11, and saw my mom for 3 or 4 hours a week if she was lucky. I had to solve all of my own problems, and empathy was the only solution I was ever given ... thankfully my kids are just as industrious as I was.

[–] • 0 pt

They're probably boomers. And it's the mother going

[–] • 2 pts

Baby boomers are at least 60, meaning they started having kids at 40 in this scenario. Doesn't really fit as most boomers have adult grandkids....

[–] • 3 pts

I'm sorry, this position is only for one candidate. The interview is over.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

If that happened with someone I was interviewing, I would have a really hard time not laughing my ass off to their face.

[–] • 2 pts

This is pathetic.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

GenX was kind of fucked up, so many of us had distant or absent parents as it was advent of both parents going to work and the surge in divorce rates. They also saw firsthand the rapid changes in society and technology and all that brought about. Many X'ers tried to compensate by supporting their kids too much, ironically. Gen X was a small generation compared to Boomers and Millenials, and many of us didn't survive. The over protectiveness makes sense in that regard, even if it isn't helpful to help too much. We watched the optimism of the 80's and 90's turn dark and cynical and tech go from a tool of liberation into a tool of oppression. I'm not defending taking your kids to their own job interview, but these are people that had to raise themselves and have little idea what proper parenting is supposed to be.

[–] • 1 pt

Wait until new users start bringing their parents for /s/Introductions posts!