Bringing your parents to your job interview? NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

They finished school and now, many young adults in the Gen Z generation, ages 18 to 27 are looking for their first job. “It’s a very tough market out there, the economy is very tough. We are seeing two applicants for every job on LinkedIn available now,” says Francisco Tobon, a career expert with LinkedIn.

We asked Tobon about a recent survey from Resume Templates that asked 1,428 U.S. based Gen Zers who looked for a job within the past year about their parent involvement.

It found 70% of them ask their parents for help in the job search process and 25% say they’ve brought their parents to interviews. Experts say they don’t recommend doing that.

“It can be looked at as unprofessional, lack of credibility. It could be seen as the person is not independent.  The person is not taking initiative for their own career, for their own professional journey,” says Tobon. 

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