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Ella Scott
A career coach has blasted parents for ‘forgetting’ what it’s like to climb the career ladder as new statistics show Generation Z are asking their caregivers for help when applying for jobs.
It’s well documented that Gen Z's - those born between 1997 and 2012 - workplace practices differ wildly compared to their predecessors.
Not only does the younger generation tend to reject management roles, but studies have found they compete in phenomenons such as ‘quiet vacationing’ and actively search for ‘lazy girl jobs’.
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Now new research has surprisingly found Gen Z are enlisting their parents to help them secure job roles.
A recent survey conducted by ResumeTemplates.com has found that 83 percent of successful job candidates would give credit to their caregivers.
The study of 1,428 US-based Gen Zers also found one-third admitting to taking their parents to a job interview, while a lesser portion (30 percent) said their parents had introduced themselves to the hiring manager during the professional chat.
One woman who has slammed these shocking statistics is Tammie Christofis Ballis, a special recruiter and career coach at Realistic Careers.
The 37-year-old has spoken out about how concerning it is that parents are frequently having a hand in acquiring their children’s jobs.
“I don’t know if these parents forget what it’s like to apply for a job when you’re that age,” the expert told The New York Post.
“I think that seems to have happened, they just forgot how they did it and by applying for a job for their kid they think they are helping them."
Ballis, who owned her own café in 2011, claimed the climate is 'getting worse' because as well as moms and fathers applying for jobs, they’re even rocking up to interviews on behalf of their offspring.
Then, when their child is rejected, they don’t ‘understand’ what went wrong.
“I’ve had two graduate nursing recruiters reach out to me as well saying that they’ve had parents turn up to graduate nursing interviews.
“These would be 20 to 21-year-olds. And I just think, you’re not taking your mum to work, so why would you take them to an interview?” Ballis said.
The career coach has also explained that feeling nervous before your interview is natural.
However, she believes Gen Z is taking it too far by bringing their parents along for emotional support.
“You’re not going to go in and feel fully confident and happy that you’re going into an interview.
“You’re meeting someone new, you’re being judged, you’re vulnerable, right?
“Of course you’re going to feel nervous. Of course you’re going to feel uncomfortable, but that’s just a part of life.”
Ballis added that if you don’t feel ‘uncomfortable’ in a job situation then you’re probably ‘not going to move forward’.