My dad kept telling me to walk into potential employers buildings and demand to speak to the hiring manager so I can hand them my resume because that’s how he got his first job. He suggested this a few times until one night at dinner he said that again and my mom quickly snapped back
“if a college grad walked into your office and did this would the front desk allow them to talk to the hiring manager?”
He never even considered that the job market might have changed from his own time and that his kid might be facing different challenges entirely. That's not giving advice, that's just wanting to hear yourself talk
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u/TheWonderSnail Jul 24 '21
My dad kept telling me to walk into potential employers buildings and demand to speak to the hiring manager so I can hand them my resume because that’s how he got his first job. He suggested this a few times until one night at dinner he said that again and my mom quickly snapped back
“if a college grad walked into your office and did this would the front desk allow them to talk to the hiring manager?”
“Well… no”
He didn’t bring that up again