Granted, the economy in the US is slowing down, and businesses are not hiring all that many people (but our local Popeye's seems to need someone "with great people skills" to take people's moolah and hand over chicken boxes) so maybe this is a good time to tell young people (we love 'em!) a little advice on what NOT to take to a job interview.
It's a long list. Ready?
1. Your parents.
Bring your resume, your bright, shiny face, your ID, your pen, some answers to the inevitable queries about what you could bring to North American Halibut or where you see yourself in ten years, a good book (no John Grisham) in case you wind up waiting to be seen, and your Purell.
Bring neither of the people who gave you life. Sure, they can give you a ride, but they have to stay in the car for the interview.
ResumeTemplates.com surveyed 1500 Gen Z-ers (those lucky enough to be born between 1997 and 2012) and one in four of them brought a parent to a job interview in the past year.
The same percentage admit to having parents fill out and submit job applications for them.
You'll excuse my fuddy-duddery while I remind one and all that there comes a time to let Junior and Missy navigate the stream of life on their own.
I should have seen this trend coming, the day the mother of a probationary employee called me to find out why her darling boy had been counseled about his annoying habit of showing up late for work.
Talk about a short conversation!
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