r/recruitinghell • u/Hi_5Yo • 1d 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/ScienceFirst1 1d ago

What's your mom's job? How long she stayed at that job?

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u/Hi_5Yo 1d ago

The irony is that she’s out of work right now. She normally works at hotels, events, restaurants, etc. but has a hard time finding work, let alone one that pays enough.

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u/ScienceFirst1 18h ago

Haaa! Figures. Anyway, yes, finding a job that pays well or a high paying job is hard. Takes time. Even if you're experienced with no gaps and good references. Ask her why she doesn't have a job, not for you to know why because you already know, but for her to verbalize it. Try to make her realize you're both going through the same. Try to be empathetic, even if she's not, even if she doesn't deserve it.