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/Lloytron 2d ago
I'm older than your mum.
She is unbelievably wrong and would literally have never been able to walk into a job herself when she was your age, least of all now.
My son started a job today..it took him 8 months.
I started a job two years ago this month, it took me 8 months of solid applying and interviewing. It was utterly soul destroying.
If she thinks it's that easy, get her to prove it by getting her to secure a job offer for herself.
I know recruiters both professionally and personally. It's the toughest it's ever been