There is an **epidemic** of parental over-involvement in kids’ lives that has hit an all-time high… and it just HAS to stop. Seriously. If you are a parent of a college student, PLEASE read this post:
You do NOT need to write resumes for your kids, apply to jobs on behalf of your kids, call the school’s career center if your kid isn’t selected for an interview at Goldman, and you **especially** do not need to call my team at Experience to ask us to “double-check the interview scheduling software code because there MUST be a mistake somewhere for Little Johnny to not have been selected by Goldman.” Consider this an intervention: that’s right, put down the phone…gently…good…ok, now take a few steps back, and a deep breath… it’s going to be ok. You survived without your parents hovering over your every move, right? Yes, I know… you are “much cooler” than your parents were. Right. But I’m telling you, you’re not doing your kid any favors. It does not help Little Johnny’s reputation when you call the Dean to discuss the B- he received in Econ 101. Or when you call his boss to discuss his latest performance review feedback, especially when you suggest specific word choice edits. The reason the rest of us refer to you as “Helicopter Parents” is because you hover incessantly over your kids’ lives, and then swoop in to take charge… Please stop the madness!!!
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Jennifer Floren - who has written 7 posts on Cheezhead.
Jenny, founder and CEO, launched Experience in 1996 with the mission to educate, assist and inspire college graduates as they forge new paths into the world of work. Experience has grown its network to include more than 3,800 universities, 100,000 employers and 3 million students and alumni – all of whom are focused on launching the careers of the world’s most important talent.
Jenny has been recognized as one of the nation’s youngest business leaders and achievers by numerous organizations including Forbes, Business Week, New York Times, Working Woman, Boston Business Journal, Women’s Business, and Entrepreneur, and is a frequent speaker at nationwide universities and major business events such as the Kennedy eRecruiting Conference, EMA, the MIT Enterprise Forum, Springboard Venture Capital Forum, and the Association of Colleges & Employers. With a career path as a psychology-major-turned-entrepreneur, a relatively young CEO, a woman in business, an Internet pre- and post-bubble survivor, a venture capital fundraising veteran, an advisor to top universities and Fortune 500 employers, and as someone who helps millions of people find their true calling every day, she has many perspectives to share with her audiences.
Jenny earned a BA in psychology from Dartmouth College in 1993, and was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston prior to starting Experience. She is currently a board member and active participant in the MIT Enterprise Forum, Junior Achievement, the Dartmouth College Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and the Caring Canines organization which certifies and manages therapy service dogs (along with her wheaten terrier sidekick, Bailey).
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