Something not to do on a job interview

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I saw this article on the Huffington Post yesterday and had a major W T H moment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/parent-job-interview_n_3907447.html

Specializes in retired from healthcare.

My mother had no idea what being in healthcare involved.

She used to think I could cancel my shift at the last minute with a minor headache and minor aches and pains.

I would not even think of bringing her with me if I was in need of work.

I think if your parents work in the place you want to work and if the staff there likes them then you might do well to have them with you.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

I'm a Gen X-er. My parents never even helped me with my homework let alone go on interviews of any kind with me. I was a latch key kid from the age of 7 and left home at 18 to figure out life for myself. Some of my Gen X friends had the same kind of experience. Our Boomer parents were out finding themselves and basically left us to grow up "independently". So when some of us had kids we swung our parenting style way to the opposite. Hence, helicopter parenting. I'm not saying this is the experience of everyone in my generation. I'm just making small sample observations. I am not a helicopter parent, much to the chagrin of my 11 year old. But I understand why some people are.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

I think my kids and I are in competition to see who wants the most space from the other. So far, we are neck and neck in the race!:laugh:

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

To those parents complaining about their "millennial" kids being like this: It's not the fault of their generation that they happened to be born into. It's because of how you raised them.

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To those parents complaining about their "millennial" kids being like this: It's not the fault of their generation that they happened to be born into. It's because of how you raised them.

:) youve got a point

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To those parents complaining about their "millennial" kids being like this: It's not the fault of their generation that they happened to be born into. It's because of how you raised them.

THIS! I get so irritated listening to coworkers complain about their boomerang kids moving back home, sleeping in their childhood bedroom, eating all the food and playing video games all day.

Stop whining! YOU raised them. If they can't handle life without you, it's because YOU failed to teach them.

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This is highly exaggerated, most people my age have the common sense not to bring their parents to an interview.

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This is highly exaggerated, most people my age have the common sense not to bring their parents to an interview.

No one said they don't. Per the article, 8% of millenials brought their parents on job interviews which obviously means most of them don't.

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I'm thinking of the ages of those parents - mid 40's to 50 ish? There might be something in that generation that went awry for some (not all) parents.

Parents instilled those values into their children.

THIS...

If one is "helicopter" parenting...there you go... :wacky:

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Our parents were Boomers. My husband and I are Gen Xers who "raised" ourselves. My kids are post-Millenial digital natives. (They're too young to be considered Gen Y Millennial.) My kids have no idea what a cassette tape is, much less an 8 track or a vinyl record. They barely remember VHS.

Only the future will know what my kids' generation will be like as adults. I hope they'll be better than Millennials who've been helicoptered their whole lives.

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Our parents were Boomers. My husband and I are Gen Xers who "raised" ourselves. My kids are post-Millenial digital natives. (They're too young to be considered Gen Y Millennial.) My kids have no idea what a cassette tape is, much less an 8 track or a vinyl record. They barely remember VHS.

Only the future will know what my kids' generation will be like as adults. I hope they'll be better than Millennials who've been helicoptered their whole lives.

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My kid is not a Millenial either. She is part of what some are calling "iGen". It will be interesting to see how things go, collectively, for her generation.

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My kid is not a Millenial either. She is part of what some are calling "iGen". It will be interesting to see how things go, collectively, for her generation.

Yep. Some folks are calling them Gen Z(which I LOVE because I think ZOMBIES!) or iGen or digital natives.

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