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Sep 06, 2023
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince released the classic tune “Parents Just Don’t Understand” back in 1988, and if you’re like me, it quickly became your anthem during your teenage years.
During this time and for the next decade of my life, I was the smartest person I knew and didn’t think my parents had any of the answers to most of my challenges or problems. It wasn’t until I graduated college when I told them that I was amazed by how much smarter they had become after my four years at school.
For the last 22 years, I’ve been trying to engage with recent grads on how to find their first job and how to expand their networks. But after dropping my kids off at pre-school earlier this week, the Director said, “My son is going to call you—he just got back from Hilton Head and it’s time for him to find a job.” It was at that moment that I had an epiphany—I realized I had been looking at the engagement factor through the wrong lens. I was looking through the lens of a recent grad, not their parents’.
So, if you’re a parent of a recent graduate (congratulations!) and they’re not yet employed, here are some insights to help your proudest accomplishment (a.k.a. your child) find their first or next job and their way out of your house:
Some people suffer from paralysis by analysis and/or fear of rejection, but one of the biggest compliments someone can give me is to entrust their child’s future with my guidance. It’s what I do when I leave my kids at school. And with that, I try to pay it forward as an organization, every-single-day.
Take it from me—Parents Just Do Understand!
Managing Director at Russell Tobin & PRIDE Health