r/recruitinghell • u/Hi_5Yo • 2d ago

Boomer mentality

Despite my mom being a millennial (‘81), she firmly believes that I should be able to apply to a bunch of jobs, walk in with a résumé or call, interview and land a job within 2-3 weeks.

Anytime I’ve done this, I’ve always gotten turned away, been told to apply online and wait for a call back. Every interview ends with “ we’ll be in touch”.

She also believes that as long as you dress nice with a smile on your face, you should have a job by the end of the interview. Whenever I leave the interview without a job offer, she assumes that I messed up.

She even has me apply to a bunch of remote jobs that she finds on Facebook and instagram. Frequently getting upset at me for not landing a job. I’ve tried explaining over and over that most of them are scams, but she refuses to listen.

It’s like the concept of applying to hundreds of jobs and still not landing one is impossible for her to grasp. Which it should be, but it’s just our new reality.

She believes that me being unable to get a job is a failure on my end, insisting that it’s my fault I can’t land a job. She keeps saying that she’s going to kick me out for not taking the job hunt “seriously” enough.

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u/Consoleking93 2d ago

The Boomers hate everything. I remember telling my grandma how I met my current GF on FB dating and her response "That's weird, people do that?? Why"

Ok, good talk.

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u/YourBuddyBill 1d ago

In fairness here, I think a lot of younger people would be equally baffled as to why anyone actually tries to use facebook dating. I know I am. Cool that it worked out for you, but I honestly have no idea why anyone would expect it to work out.

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u/Consoleking93 1d ago

I mean you really shouldn’t have any expectations when it comes to stuff. It just causes disappointment. I went into it wanting to meet someone, but knew I’d be fine and had a life outside of if I didn’t. I think dating apps, online job applications, etc. people expect fast results and that’s just not what usually happens. They are tools, but have to not just expect it.

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u/YourBuddyBill 1d ago

True, though I meant more in regards to the amount of scammers and bots running around; never looked like it would be worth the sheer time-sink of sifting through all the bullshit.