I'm featued in an article on MSNBC by Eve Tahmincioglu with a really interesting concept: Are parents going overboard to help their kids get jobs?
I'm interested to know if your parents are helping you find a job at all. Do you welcome their help? Did you ask for their help? Is this a new breed of helicopter parenting, or just helpful people? What constitutes going too far?
Read the story here and let me know what you think!
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I would welcome any help my parents could give me after having one bad job after another. Let's put it this way....I'm attending nursing school in the fall - this after attaining my bachelor's almost eight years ago. If parents can help out, especially in this economy, then I say go for it :)
Why shouldn't they help? If the help consists of making an introduction, suggesting someone to talk to and so forth, that strikes me as reasonable. Then it would up to me and the employer to see if there is a good fit.
I've applied for 80 jobs in 2010 and had six interviews, but only one job (a very short term part time job) has come through.
I think help from parents is usually a good thing, however, it does build character to let kids figure things out on their own.
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