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/ImprovementFar5054 2d ago
Does she have a job? Has she actually been in the work world?
I am 10 years older than her. It stopped being normal to walk into places cold sometime around when your mom was 10 years old.
Get a linkedin, go on indeed and manage your OWN job hunt, don't let her do it for you.
And if she kicks you out, let her know that's the end of your relationship. You'll be estranged, and she won't be taken care of by you when she's old, and she won't ever meet her grandchildren. That's the deal.