Half of Gen Z applicants bring their parents to job interviews

Over 50 percent of college-age job seekers have had their parents sit with them during an interview, according to a January survey by Résumé Templates. Julia Toothacre, a career coach at the survey group, told College Fix that she has never before seen parents this involved in their children’s job searches. The survey, which polled 1,000 Gen Z adults ages 18 to 23, also found that 35 percent of respondents had their parents either write a cover letter or perform a test assignment for them. Young men were more likely to report repeated involvement by their parents than young women.