Listen Live
Candidate and interviewers discuss work experience in job interview. Prodigy

Source: Ralf Hahn / Getty

A poll earlier this year found 20% of employers have seen a Gen Z’er bring a PARENT along for a job interview.  Is that unprofessional?  And are young people really having their parents interview WITH them?

Another survey drilled down, and it looks like the answer is . . . not all of them.  But YES, some really are.

A quarter of Gen Z’ers said they’ve brought a parent to an interview in the past year.

Here’s what those parents are actually doing there . . .

1.  37% said their parent accompanied them to the office, but didn’t necessarily go in the room.  They were just there for moral support.

2.  26% said their parent physically sat in on the interview.

3.  18% said they at least introduced themself to the manager.

4.  7% answered questions for their child.

The poll found one in eight Gen Z’ers have also had a parent write their resumé for them from scratch.

https://www.resumetemplates.com/1-in-4-gen-zers-brought-a-parent-to-a-job-interview/