“These groups have had to make quite a few shifts in their career and weather some storms, find work quickly and do work that didn’t align with their goals at times,” Rice said.
“So they may have a certain level of wisdom that can be useful to Gen Zers in hunting for jobs.”
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Still, he cautioned that some Gen Zers simply want to take a passive approach.
“There certainly will be cases where, essentially, the person wants their parents to do it for them,” said Rice. “I don’t think it’s controversial to say that children today have a bit more of a pampered existence than their parents did.”
He added, “We live in a culture and time of instant gratification, and it doesn’t exactly encourage young people to endure any amount of failure — so looking for help the moment it becomes challenging isn’t exactly a surprise.”
Concerns about the ‘ability to work unsupervised’
Most job experts frown on bringing moms or dads along on a job interview.
“Pursuing a job, getting it and going to work is a journey that is meant to be a life experience, which shapes you and helps you move into adult life,” Rice told Fox News Digital.
It is one thing to bring a parent along for the ride and have that parent wait in a nearby coffee shop or parking lot — but including a parent in a sit-down with an interviewer is taking parental involvement too far, said one expert. (iStock / iStock)
“It’s not something your parents should be holding your hand through,” he said. “And if I were a hiring manager seeing this, particularly in a person who is old enough to go to college, I’d be concerned about this person’s ability to work unsupervised, make decisions on their own — and how easily they can be misguided.”
Another expert had a similar reaction.
“Parents should not go into a job interview with their child,” said Jill Chapman, director of early talent development with Insperity in Houston, Texas.
“If the parent is intimately involved in the process … it reflects poorly on the candidate.”
