Recruiting Confessional

Remember that time a candidate showed up to an interview drunk? Or when your biggest client fired you over a typo? What about the drug test that went horribly, disgustingly wrong?

The recruiting industry is full of these unbelievable stories, but you can't tell them publicly. NDAs, client relationships, and your professional reputation keep these wild experiences locked away.

Until now.

Recruiting Confessional is an anonymous way to share your most memorable recruiting and staffing experiences with the community. The good, the bad, and the absolutely insane moments that shaped your career.

How It Works

Complete our anonymous survey sharing your recruiting story, career insights, or industry observations. Each week, I'll feature the best submissions in my newsletter, reaching thousands of recruiting and staffing professionals.

Our quick 5-question survey takes about 3-5 minutes to complete.

Important Guidelines:

  • Stay Anonymous: Do NOT share personal identifiable information, company names, or client details. This will be published publicly.

  • All Optional: Every question is optional - share what you're comfortable with.

  • We Edit: Don't worry about spelling or grammar. All submissions are edited for clarity and length.

  • Selection Process: I choose submissions based on relatability, learning value, and entertainment factor from a range of career levels and specialties.

What We're Looking For:

  • Nightmare Stories: Clients from hell, impossible placements, commission disasters

  • Career Moments: Breakthrough placements, biggest failures, lessons learned

  • Industry Insights: Salary negotiations, candidate relationships, market observations

  • Recruiting Fails: Interview disasters, reference check surprises, offer rejections

  • Success Stories: Life-changing placements, career pivots, building your practice

Recent Confessions:

"Coworker went to collect a drug test sample. Candidate hadn't screwed the lid on properly. Cup dropped, urine exploded everywhere - all over his clothes and face. He walked straight out and didn't come back until the next day."

"Meant to forward a client email to my boss with a comment about our intern's hair. Instead hit reply and sent 'She looked better yesterday with her hair down' directly to the client - about their missing temp worker."

"Made a $180K placement on Friday. Client called Monday saying they were eliminating the entire department. Candidate had already given notice."

Ready to share your story?

Questions? Email me at [email protected]

Recruiting Confessional appears weekly in 📶 Staffing Signals, the industry newsletter for staffing professionals who hate boring newsletters.