Authored by Oscar Mackey via The College Fix,
80% said their parents have communicated with their manager at least once...
Over 50% of college-age job seekers had their parents sit with them at an in-person interview, a January survey by Resume Templates found. What’s more, over 35% of surveyed individuals reported parents either writing a cover letter or performing a test assignment for them.
Julia Toothacre, a career coach and chief career strategist at the survey group, said she had never seen parents this involved in their child’s job searches in the past.
“When I was doing career development at the college level, we would see parents come in to talk about majors and sometimes career choices, but they weren’t sitting in on interviews or communicating with managers,” Toothacre told The College Fix in a recent interview via email.
When asked what she believed caused this trend, Toothacre replied,“I think COVID played a larger role in this parental involvement than many people want to admit.”
“Right now, one of the main factors is the unpredictable market. I think parents are seeing how difficult it’s been to get hired and how many entry-level and early-career positions are being replaced with AI or simply being limited.
“Second, I believe this generation, while more emotionally aware, also experiences greater anxiety than previous generations. Couple that with living through COVID during formative years, and there is going to be a portion of this generation that feels like they need additional support,” Toothacre told The Fix.
Thesurveypolled young adults ages 18-23.
Parental involvement in this survey was defined as “the actions a parent took for their child during the job search process.”
Source: ZeroHedge News
