Have you heard about helicopter parenting? Well this is a subject that fascinates many graduate recruiters at the moment. Helicopter parenting is where a parent has total involvement in many aspects of their offspring's life including job hunting. Employers are wondering whether these graduates are hiding behind their parents because they are shy or maybe they are very confident but just have no control over their pushy parents!
Graduate recruiters have witnessed parents attending careers fairs with their newly graduated sons or daughters; ringing up recruiters to ask if they have any jobs available; attending interviews; negotiating salaries and even turning up on the first day of a new job.It all started in America and like many things has blown East to our shores - but has it? Is it just a few neurotic parents displaying this behaviour or a national phenomenon. Tell me - what kind of help are you comfortable with from your parents? A bit of worldy advice and guidance or a fully paid up life coach?
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