To lighten up the mood and make any workplace a little more bearable, inside jokes are bound to emerge and be shared with colleagues. And as with any other job, recruiters also have meme-worthy work-related jokes that might resonate with anyone navigating the job market.
So, to give you an insight into what is considered to be comedy gold among recruiters, we have selected the best memes from the “funnyrecruiter” Instagram account. These memes cover a spectrum, from ridiculing clients to shedding light on their work environments, and many more.
Without further ado, we invite you to delve into the humor of the recruitment industry and let us know which meme stood out the most!
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I have worked 20+ years in retail. I had, and those who also work/have worked in retail, a special retail smile
That’s my cat😂 when we’re in same room with her and the dog( asking her if she’s been nice to him today)
Yup... especially when dealing with a "patient" who could quite easily self-manage their "illness" but they don't want to for whatever reason...
Load More Replies...My I'd like to strangle you but I don't want to go to jail face because the item you're looking for is literally right in front of your face if you would have looked down
The face that I get when being asked one of two questions by a doordash person where's my food and why is it not ready yet it was just put in 3 minutes ago
To learn more about recruitment and humor surrounding it, Bored Panda reached out to Kenny Fan, who also runs an Instagram page dedicated to recruitment memes.
First of all, Kenny briefly introduced himself: “I worked for an international firm for many years and worked in different offices in different countries. I can say recruitment problems are universal.”
Feat. Brandon Urie from Panic’ At The Disco
Load More Replies...I don’t know if being an extrovert is why i can’t really relate…I’m an ambivert but more on the Extrovert lean
Exactly this. I'm hiring for an entry level position and on the job description I changed the required years of experience from 2 - 5, to 1 - 3 because the senior position job description also says 2 - 5. HR came back and said that change drops the position down a pay grade.
Load More Replies...He's the one with the best gossip and the drawer full of sweets
Load More Replies...No matter if I get the job on the left, I still like the pic on the right.
The horn is missing from the left-hand photo. Had a recruiter tell me last week the company was looking for that exact thing after I noped out of an interview after three minutes. I'd worked for that company before and knew what ayholes the people in charge were.
At first I didn't understand what you meant. When I read horn I my mind was jumping to the instrument and I wondered what a horse would do with a horn. Took me a while and that while sitting under a sideboard full of collectible 🦄🦄🦄
Load More Replies...I own a company and I would have to say I want the horse on the right because they are a hard working individual the one on the left looks like a high maintenance entitled problem!!!
You sound like a decent owner, keep up the good work, we need more people like you.
Load More Replies...Kenny has been a recruiter for “10 plus years”, therefore, there is no better candidate to tell us more about recruitment humor than him. However, we were curious what inspired Kenny to start his own meme-based Instagram account.
Kenny responded: “I’ve always been a meme guy. I’m the friend who keeps tagging people when he sees a funny meme and always tries to send memes as replies during chats. I work as a recruiter, and one day back in 2017, I randomly started a memes page about recruitment.”Kenny added: “It’s easy for me to make memes about my daily work.”
The Eiffel tower is definitely not useless. Gustav Eiffel build radio and telegraph transmitters in the top of it, this was taken advantage of during WWI. He installed a lab in the second floor in which he studied meteorology, physics and he installed a wind tunnel within the feet of it. He welcomed other scientists to come and study there too. But it has also become a symbol of France and an icon in the city. That is not useless.
Load More Replies...recruiters are lying bastards and are useless. this picture is spot on
Kenny’s memes often resonate with recruiters and job seekers alike. We asked Kenny to share an instance when his content sparked unexpected engagement or a significant reaction from his audience.
Kenny responded: “When Covid happened, a lot of recruiters were out of work, so I posted a few memes about the situation. A lot of people were in the same boat and there were a lot of discussions in my comment sections. It inspired me to help share various recruiting vacancies for those who are still hiring recruiters and the engagement during that time was crazy.”
What is it with US companies and their work cells, sorry I meant cubicles !
If that looks a good place to spend a huge part of your life, I'm really sorry for you.
Load More Replies...Memes are sure fun, but we were curious if beyond entertainment, humor in recruitment can have a practical impact, such as altering perceptions or influencing industry practices. Kenny shared: “Let’s be honest, recruitment is a difficult industry, and it’s easy to get depressed when deals aren’t happening. I just want to bring some humor to them when they are feeling down.”
I'm a teacher. If I EVER said what I really think, I would be out of a job the same day I started.
OMG for real.. even through it would greatly benefit both the student and the parent for them to hear that
Load More Replies...I work in a pharmaceutical company. I'm not even allowed my own thoughts.
Fr tho, this is very accurate, even tho I don’t have a job 😔. I’m only 12, ofc I don’t have one 🤷♀️
In the end, Kenny shared what he would like for people to take away from his memes.
“The number 1 thing is that they are not alone, a lot of people are going through the same situations at the same time.”Kenny also added: “Believe in what you do, businesses need recruiters.”
In germany back in the day I had to send in my applications and rejections to prove I really tried to get the job
Load More Replies...Give him a break, jen. Dude probably just doesn't wanna work at your office -but promised his mom or girlfriend to at least try.
Me not on a zooom call, people=...., me on a zoom call, people=, imma vaccum now
I had court for a ticket during Covid and was bunched in after a lot of more serious offenses. This one guy was out on bond and facing felony drug charges. In the Zoom court for plea hearings he was wearing no shirt and there was a bong on his table. A lady facing drug trafficking had naed toddlers running through. Here I was in a blazer and dress shirt but worried that my cats would streak through on my one minute!
Load More Replies...No, I think they do mean recruiters. The thread is about the difficulties of being a recruiter 😊
Load More Replies...I assume this is an image of the person that wrote the salary and benefits package for the job posting...
I have a few prisoners that would be happy to come in if you knock a few decades off of their sentence
Yea, f**k your company. I don't actually want to work there. I just promised my gf I'd try.
As someone whos current job it is to deal with applicants coming into a major corporation seeking a job, this is 100%, not kidding, spot on. The number of people I have to turn away for inappropriate or non-business attire is stunning.
This is an adorable picture! That little girl just can't believe he's cheating on her! That poor, little shocked face!
She even wore her Spiderwoman dress so they'd match. It is an adorable picture.
Load More Replies...If you stop expecting people with 1000 years experience who'd abandon their families and work for free, we'd probably stop lying as well.
Yes, I also love when they ask for xx amount amount years on a program that's been out only half that time and that the person above you can't even turn on a computer without assistance. Or the good old "why are you quitting?" When you haven't had a store manager in months but they want you to do the job until they get around to finding someone yet are unwilling to give you the pay for that job or any increase at all, expect you to approve things you don't actually have the power to approve...then sit there wondering why this fabulous offer gets turned down.
Load More Replies...not enough track burning and then the water at the bottom with piranha's
That's a golden buzzer right there for the company that offer a crappy job. that lose 8-10 employees per week.
I've had some recruiters that feel like they're really advocating for me, and even cheering for me. Some have given me pointers on fixing my resume too. I feel bad when I don't get the job offer from a hiring manager though. Like I let them down :(
I used to be a recruiter and trust me people like you are what make our days worth it.
Load More Replies...Are you supposed to send more than one? verything is digital now. Why would they need multiple?
Even "Sorry, we are not interested" or "Sorry, we decided to hire somebody else" is way better than no reply at all.
Well, giving them the pay range before could have saved you both the trouble..
The salary range should be discussed first thing or even included in the job post! The recruiter needs to know if the candidate fits it and vice versa, nobody loses time.
To be fair, it's not the recruiters setting the job requirements or salary range. That's the job of the hiring manager.
Load More Replies...Sorry, but that's on the company because most job ads don't give ANY pay range at all.
Recruiter gets paid by the hiring company for filling the position
Load More Replies...Nothing hilarious and not "work-related memes" this is only about recruiters complaining.
This is the worst post. Recruiters lie all the time and then they won't tell you your base pay because the company is making double or more of what you are being paid.
Why is there a boredpanda.com watermark on each picture. Does BP know that compiling screenshots of tweets doesn't actually make it your content
I had one guy retire and they wouldn't repost the position. This was a rapidly growing company. As a manager, I worked my way up the chain, stepping on toes if I had to because my crew was drowning in work, and I was barely holding onto them. Finally after more than a year, and exponential company growth, I got a call from some really high up recruiter saying the position had been open to long. Since I hadn't filled the position, it was closing in a week. I responded that for more than I year I've been personally asking her recruiters to send some resumes, but I'm just hearing crickets. So she sent a few. None of them matched my requirements. The most memorable was, 1 was a very good resume from a park ranger. Another was from someone with more than 10 years of experience as an optometrist. I was managing the maintenance department! I needed people with skills in, carpentry, construction, plumbing, HVAC, security, mechanics, etc. lol.
I'm sad that there are enough people in this line of work that BP thinks there should be a listicle for it. It sounds miserable
People should know that recruiters don't make any decisions concerning the job description, the pay, who actually gets hired or if a job is posted or not etc. All of that is what other people decide. Recruiters only sort through the candidates based on the requirements the hiring manager gives them and put you through to the hiring manager after screening. All those haters of recruiters have no idea what recruiters actually do. Of course a few bad eggs exist. But in reality they have no power over anything during the hiring process. They're just search dogs. They get a rug to sniff and told to run and look for the scent and bring back what they find. In my last job as a trainer and quality manager I had to support HR and recruitment. I finally understood that those positions are only the executive organs, they don't get to decide what to do. That's a managers job. They're just scapegoats that the managers use to hide behind so they don't have to deal with us.
Dear recruiters, please stop using the word "engineer" for every position.
Nothing hilarious and not "work-related memes" this is only about recruiters complaining.
This is the worst post. Recruiters lie all the time and then they won't tell you your base pay because the company is making double or more of what you are being paid.
Why is there a boredpanda.com watermark on each picture. Does BP know that compiling screenshots of tweets doesn't actually make it your content
I had one guy retire and they wouldn't repost the position. This was a rapidly growing company. As a manager, I worked my way up the chain, stepping on toes if I had to because my crew was drowning in work, and I was barely holding onto them. Finally after more than a year, and exponential company growth, I got a call from some really high up recruiter saying the position had been open to long. Since I hadn't filled the position, it was closing in a week. I responded that for more than I year I've been personally asking her recruiters to send some resumes, but I'm just hearing crickets. So she sent a few. None of them matched my requirements. The most memorable was, 1 was a very good resume from a park ranger. Another was from someone with more than 10 years of experience as an optometrist. I was managing the maintenance department! I needed people with skills in, carpentry, construction, plumbing, HVAC, security, mechanics, etc. lol.
I'm sad that there are enough people in this line of work that BP thinks there should be a listicle for it. It sounds miserable
People should know that recruiters don't make any decisions concerning the job description, the pay, who actually gets hired or if a job is posted or not etc. All of that is what other people decide. Recruiters only sort through the candidates based on the requirements the hiring manager gives them and put you through to the hiring manager after screening. All those haters of recruiters have no idea what recruiters actually do. Of course a few bad eggs exist. But in reality they have no power over anything during the hiring process. They're just search dogs. They get a rug to sniff and told to run and look for the scent and bring back what they find. In my last job as a trainer and quality manager I had to support HR and recruitment. I finally understood that those positions are only the executive organs, they don't get to decide what to do. That's a managers job. They're just scapegoats that the managers use to hide behind so they don't have to deal with us.
Dear recruiters, please stop using the word "engineer" for every position.
