In Help Us! Our kids need jobs outlines the story of more and more adult kids, with degrees in many cases, living at home with their parents, unable to find a job. Parents are asking employers to help their kids.

So, do these employers help their kids? Hell no. They give them outplacement services, which is a bunch of advice, but no job!

Other parents are asking their companies’ employee-assistance providers for job-finding help for their kids. ComPsych, Chicago, is fielding a growing number of requests from parents seeking outplacement services for young adult children, a spokeswoman says. While ComPsych doesn’t offer those services in such cases, it does provide financial planning and counseling help.

But what is interesting is the age group 18-34, 34% of all children are living with their parents.