One in four Gen Z job seekers has brought their parents to their job interview, according to a recent survey.
Francisco Tobón is a professional expert on LinkedIn. He said bringing a parent to a job interview can be perceived by the potential employer as unprofessional and hurt one’s chances of being hired.
Tobón told him NBCMiami: ‘It can be considered a lack of professionalism and credibility. It could be seen as the person not being independent. The person does not take the initiative for his own career, his own professional journey.’
Resume Templates A surprising survey revealed that 70 percent of Generation Z asked their parents to help them look for a job and 25 percent drove them to their job interview.
Francisco Tobón is a professional expert on LinkedIn. He said bringing a parent to a job interview can be perceived by the potential employer as unprofessional and hurt one’s chances of being hired.
Resume Templates’ surprising survey revealed that 70 percent of Generation Z asked their parents to help them look for a job and 25 percent drove them to their job interview (file image)
Tobon told NBC Miami: ‘It can be considered a lack of professionalism and credibility. It could be seen as the person not being independent. The person is not taking the initiative for their own career, their own professional journey.
Sixteen percent even had their parents apply on their behalf.
The company published its findings on April 30 after interviewing 1,428 U.S.-based Gen Z job applicants looking to land a position this year.
Tobón said this generation faces a difficult job market and a difficult economy. But they can increase their chances without depending entirely on their parents.
Instead of attending the job interview, parents can help them rehearse answers to questions their potential employer might ask and open up mentoring and networking opportunities.
But the career expert emphasized showing restraint when helping his son create a resume or apply for jobs.
The survey found that one in ten Gen Z applicants had their parents write their resume for them.
‘Parents can send them a job and encourage them to apply, they can also sit down with them and review an application and develop it together, right?’
‘How to collaborate on it. I wouldn’t let them apply because they won’t be the ones sitting in the hot seat interviewing for that job.’
If parents are thinking about contacting the recruiter on behalf of their children, Tobon said that was a quick way to throw the application in the trash.
Mothers are more likely to help their children look for work compared to fathers.
Instead of attending the job interview, parents can help them rehearse answers to questions their potential employer might ask and open up opportunities for mentoring and networking (file image).
The survey found that one in ten Gen Z applicants had their parents write their resume for them (file image)
But 83 percent of newly employed Gen Zers said they attributed their success in getting a job to their parents.
This survey comes as companies are laying off Gen Z workers just months after hiring them fresh out of college.
Six in ten employers had already laid off some college graduates they had hired earlier in the year, according to a survey by Intelligent.com found.
One in seven employers said they would also probably not hire recent college graduates next year after encountering a series of problems with young workers.
Business leaders listed concerns in areas such as communication skills and professionalism that made them cautious about hiring Generation Z.
They also said that workers that age are often unmotivated and needing to be constantly told what to do, rather than using their initiative, is another problem.
