The Walking Deadly - A Spooky Recruitment Tale

Continuing ‘The True Tales of Recruitment Nightmares’

Once upon a chilly October, as the leaves crumbled under the eerie whisper of the wind, a recruitment agency named Hire Horrors Inc. decided to host a Halloween-themed recruitment drive. It was an event that promised to blend the spooky season with the professional realm, humorously termed The Walking Deadly.

As the D-day dawned with a gray, overcast sky, the agency’s halls were decked out in eerie decor, complete with cobwebs in the corners and eerie whispers in the air. Each recruiter was dressed as a well-known horror character, while the candidates were invited to embody the essence of zombies - a metaphor for the mindless, task of job hunting. A rut we’ve all likely found ourselves in at one point of another.

However, among the candidates, one stood out - a fellow named Edgar, who took the theme a little too literally. He arrived dressed as a grotesque zombie, with an unsettling, realistic demeanor to match. His responses were simple grunts, his resume was a tattered piece of parchment, and his references were all ghosts of recruiters past.

As he shuffled from one recruiter to the next, the humor of the situation began to morph into something quite unsettling. The recruiters, initially amused, found themselves facing the existential horrors of the recruitment industry - the mindless drilling of skills, the haunting chase for the perfect candidate, and the ghostly silence that often met their calls and emails.

As Edgar shuffled out of the doors of Hire Horrors Inc., the eerie ambiance left behind served as a mirror to the recruiters, reflecting the robotic, often soul-draining nature of the recruitment process.

What do you think about this tale:

1. Have you ever experienced a ‘zombie-like’ phase in your job hunting journey? What brought you back to life?
2. What are the existential horrors you’ve faced in the recruitment process, either as a recruiter or a candidate?
3. How can we bring more creativity, humor, and humanity into the recruitment industry to escape the ‘Walking Deadly’ syndrome?
4. Share your own spooky or humorous recruitment tales.

That’s it for now as always, good luck, stay safe and be well.