From the perspective of being 56 and raised with very strict manners by two generations of elementary school teachers, this is an interesting article.
My mother always said, "You can't expect people to know things they haven't been taught." If there's been less education about traditional workplace behavior at home for these kids, they could very well show up unprepared and ill-informed.
While it was embarrassing as a child to be corrected in public over manners or lectured before social engagements, I do think that learning that courtly behavior has helped me in life. It serves as a great lubricant for working with people in all kinds of capacities.
I learned not long ago that the word "courtesy" comes from the expected behavior around royals and their associates. That kind of deferential manners was necessary when people of different backgrounds and cultures met to do businesses, and it still is today.
leakycap · 8h ago
> In a December 2024 survey of 1,000 employers by Intelligent.com, 12.5% said a Gen Z candidate had brought Mom or Dad to a job interview.
Many statements like this in the article make me think this is Reader's Digest level value
I've interviewed for decades, including for interns and "first job" type positions. I've never had a possible hire bring a parent.
12.5% is one in ten dentists territory if even true, so what else is not true in this article?
bbarnett · 7h ago
This is an article about hiring new grads in 2024/5, and what's different/weird, eg parents at interviews.
You've responded by saying you haven't seen that in the past. So what? The article mentions now, not the past.
The article says "almost 1 out of 10" interviews. You say 12.5% is 1 in 10?!? 10% is one in ten, and almost is a less than property, so it's less than 10%.
Did you get AI to summarize the article for you or something, then reply?
My mother always said, "You can't expect people to know things they haven't been taught." If there's been less education about traditional workplace behavior at home for these kids, they could very well show up unprepared and ill-informed.
While it was embarrassing as a child to be corrected in public over manners or lectured before social engagements, I do think that learning that courtly behavior has helped me in life. It serves as a great lubricant for working with people in all kinds of capacities.
I learned not long ago that the word "courtesy" comes from the expected behavior around royals and their associates. That kind of deferential manners was necessary when people of different backgrounds and cultures met to do businesses, and it still is today.
Many statements like this in the article make me think this is Reader's Digest level value
I've interviewed for decades, including for interns and "first job" type positions. I've never had a possible hire bring a parent.
12.5% is one in ten dentists territory if even true, so what else is not true in this article?
You've responded by saying you haven't seen that in the past. So what? The article mentions now, not the past.
The article says "almost 1 out of 10" interviews. You say 12.5% is 1 in 10?!? 10% is one in ten, and almost is a less than property, so it's less than 10%.
Did you get AI to summarize the article for you or something, then reply?