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Most of us have been in the job market at some point in our lives, and chances are, we’ve all encountered some disastrous situations while looking for work. Whether it’s a chaotic hiring process or a shady interview, these stressful moments pretty much sum up how chaotic job hunting can get. In honor of this truly daunting experience, we’ve tracked down 40 of the funniest recruitment disasters ever shared on the internet. Some are completely absurd, others are downright infuriating, but they all have one thing in common: they’re all too familiar.
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#1
Found This On Linkedin, Thought It Probably Belongs Here...lol
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Lately
Tucker Cahooter 2 days ago
Sums up my experience in the Australian Public Service where they had to advertise and interview others even though they already knew who they wanted
#4
Recruiting Heaven
#11
Solid Advice From The Man Himself
#12
Literally The Most Useless Notification In The History Of The Internet
#13
Counterpoint: If It's Taking 6 Months For An Upper Manager To Fill A Position, The Company Should Be Looking To Fill 2 Positions
Scott Rackley 1 day ago (edited)
To the caption: Wholeheartedly. I have to deal with upper management often and the quality recently is lacking. No critical thinking whatsoever.
From the lasting effects of the pandemic to economic instability, it probably isn’t much of a surprise that the job market has only gotten tougher over the years. With dwindling job opportunities, intense hiring practices, and a large number of candidates vying for the same positions, it’s no wonder that the recruitment process feels like a nightmare.
#14
A New Capitalist Nightmare Just Dropped
#15
Employers Want To Pay As Little As Possible
#16
I’m Done
#17
You Need To Have Experience Before You Start Working
#18
We Truly Are In Hell
#19
I Am So Sick Of These Ridiculous Screening Questions
General Anaesthesia 1 day ago
By the time I got to "ending" in the last answer I half expected "my life" to follow.
#22
The Texts I Got After Accepting Another Role
#23
Actual Response I Got From A Job I Applied To. At Least They Are Honest? I Guess
#25
Short Staffed
#26
I Beg Your Finest Pardon
As it turns out, it isn’t just external factors that have made recruitment a pain. Believe it or not, the hiring process is now much longer and way more complicated than it was a decade ago. What used to take an average of 22 days now takes a whopping 60 to 90 days, even with major technological advancements in the early screening phase.
#27
I Would Watch That
#28
Delusional Ceos
#29
Insane Reply To Earlier Post
R Dennis 2 days ago
Fffuuuuuuck that! I have never filled out more than 12 applications in my entire work history. A recruiter lined me up five interviews and told me that I might get one offer... I received five. If this is what it takes now, I wouldn't even bother trying.
Kelly Scott 1 day ago
This is what it takes now and that's why so many people have given up.
Load More Replies... Scott Rackley 1 day ago
On one hand my trade is dying, not a lot of people do what I do. On the other it's very easy to get a job and mostly name your price. Young people today have it rough with the job market.
Andy Frobig 44 minutes ago
I learned a pretty unusual trade at a school that had near 100% placement, and got a job offer from 1300 miles away, sight unseen. I co-owned a shop for twelve years, and got my next job after that with one informal email. You've gotta have a gimmick, and the best gimmick is to know how to do a job that most people don't know exists, but is still in demand
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Bartlet for world domination 11 hours ago
Only once in 25 years I got a job through an application process.
shg stewart 13 hours ago
Who TF can find 100 jobs to apply for in a week?! What kind of work are they doing? When I'm looking for work, I consider it a good week if I can apply for 5 or 6 jobs total. Most weeks it's like 2. Sometimes it's none. In my field, it depends on the time of year (oddly enough, but I seem to do better at the turn of the fiscal year), the overall mood in the tech industry in North America generally (because executives are herd animals -- when Melon laid off all those people at Twitter and Amazon had layoffs, the job postings in IT dried up considerably, despite neither of those things were based on economic considerations), and whatever is happening in tech locally. I'm not a developer, and I have pretty specific location requirements (I'm not going to move a long way for a job), so that means my pool of open positions is smaller already.
#30
I've About Reached My Limit
#31
This Is An Administrative Assistant To CEO Position…
#32
I Quit A Terrible Job And My Manager Sent This Out To The Entire Office (More Context In Post, If Needed!)
#34
Apologies To The Models In The Stock Images
#35
Company Wanted Me To Bring Starbucks To The Interview
#37
Told Her I Can’t Interview In Person This Week
#38
Employers Are Out Of Their Minds…
#39
If You Are The Daughter Of The CEO, You Get To Be Vp Right Out Of College
MoBeLa 2 days ago
The rest of the post: "Locally, we have a hospital called MercyHealth. The CEO Javon Bea makes like 16+ million a year, one of the most well played CEOs in America. He makes more than Mayo Clinic's CEO. If you google him, you'll see he recently closed down a hospital he promised he wouldn't. And the hospital was located in the poorest neighborhood of Rockford IL. Above is nepotism at the best. His daughter graduates college in 2009 and lands a VP job right off the bat. She makes almost 1/2 million."
Gone are the days when interviews used to be simple 15-30 minute conversations with just one hiring manager sitting across from you. Now, interviews span multiple stages, involve hordes of people, and take longer than ever before, resulting in immense stress and anxiety for both candidates and recruiters.
#40
I Work For A Staffing Agency
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