Would you take your mom or dad to a job interview?
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A Resume Templates survey has found that 26% of Gen Z job applicants involve their parents in the interview process.
31% have brought a parent to an interview and a parent has accompanied 29% of Gen Z applicants on a virtual interview.
For those that had mom or dad on the Zoom interview, 71% said their parents were “off-camera”.
Parents on camera spoke directly to the hiring manager.
It’s hard to see where a parent being directly involved in an interview is appropriate,” executive resume writer Andrew Stoner told Resume Templates. “It does not signal confidence to a hiring company on behalf of the child. I recommend a ‘help at a distance’ approach of being available and advising the child during the recruiting process.”