#NewChapter #GoodbyeRecruiting #Venting
Hey friends, today marked the end of my journey as a recruiter. 🚪✌️ About 2 months ago, I made the tough decision to close this chapter of my life. It wasn’t an easy choice, but it was necessary for my mental health, relationships, and overall well-being. 🧠💔💭
Reflecting on my almost decade-long career in recruitment, I realized that I’ve been more of a professional bandaid than a real changer of lives. 🩹 The companies I worked for tended to exploit their workforce, leaving me in the position of patching things up until the cycle of exploitation began again. 🔄 It felt like a never-ending battle. 😓
But hey, there’s light at the end of the tunnel! 💡I have some savings to rely on, and my SO has a thriving small business that I’ll be joining forces with. 💼👫 I’m also gearing up to start a grad school program in the fall, which is totally unexpected at this point in my life. 📚 Who would’ve thought I’d be hitting the books again?
So here’s the question: Have any of you found yourselves at a career crossroads, unsure of where to turn next? Let’s share our stories and support each other through these transitions. 💬💪 #CareerCrossroads
I think I just needed to vent, but I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences too. Let’s keep the conversation going! 🤗🌟 #ShareYourStory
Good luck and Godspeed.
Congratulations! I’ve only been in recruiting for 2.5 years but I feel the same that I got into this to help people but I’ve only hurt people. My mental health is shot and I’m struggling. This post gave me some hope that maybe I can change my career. That life isn’t over for me to have to do this for ever. I will be rooting for you!
It’s good feeling. You’ll get other jobs and outperform everyone and realize how corporate ptsd is real.
Congratulations! I am in my 19th year and I think I may be done.
I am so jealous. Good luck to you
10 years of exploiting workers and spitting them out was your threshold. the pay must be really worth it
Good luck and I’m sure you’re feeling a weight has been lifted. Take sometime for yourself in these coming months!
14 years in for me. I think I’m in this line of work for the long haul. Am I happy to be here? Not really. But at the same time, I don’t envision any job that I’m going to be truly happy at. I’m just burnout and tired. I just want to stay in bed, read books, and play video games… right now I have zero time for any of that 😞
Well done. I also spent 10 years in recruitment. I left due to a similar experience to you, however, the main reason was the people you work with. Colleagues will stab you in the back for a fee, ghosting and lying to candidates, sending CV to employers the candidate hasn’t approved, and so on. It takes a certain type of person to do that over and over whilst only thinking about how much bonus they are going to get at the end of the month.
Life is too short to spend it surrounded by people like that.
Good luck, we will see you on the other side!
I find strength in knowing o helped put a paycheck in peoples hands.
Thank u for sharing your side of the story
Congratulations on making the decision! I also quit recruiting at the beginning of May after 8 years in the field. I was in corporate and I loved the company and my colleagues but my mental health was shot and work was consuming my every thought. These last couple of weeks have been such a breath of fresh air and I finally feel relaxed for the first time in years.
I’m taking a couple of months off and then hoping to switch into a People Operations role.
I was in IT recruiting for just over 25 years and made the switch to a business analyst role about 2 years ago. I have zero regrets. I am so thankful to not have to sell anything to anyone anymore, ever!
Great for you! Honestly I’ve been thinking about the same at some point. Recruiting is a great job but too soul sucking most of the time