Recruitment is an utterly thankless job Especially if you are handling an Investment Banking role That too when working in a startup You spend hours and hours Searching frantically for candidates Who possess the requisite skills and experience Followed by days and days Speaking to a plethora of candidates Facing rejection after rejection Watching your own confidence nosedive After almost every conversation And then gritting your teeth and continuing to burn the midnight oil After you finally manage to share a few relevant resumes By the skin of your teeth You breathe a sigh of relief Knowing that your job is half done Everything runs smoothly from thereon Till the offer stage When the candidate decides to back out Having received a better offer elsewhere And you are back to square one However, you resume the search With a renewed vigour And put your heart and soul Into finding a suitable replacement Your efforts are duly rewarded However, misfortune strikes again The candidate develops cold feet And gets retained by his present company You have to go back to the drawing board, yet again However, you refuse to give up And work harder than ever Determined to be third time lucky Alas! Fate turns its back on you, yet again The client proves to be a tad too miserly Thus pushing your candidate away However, you continue to resist bravely Against all odds Determined to prove a point More to yourself, than anyone else However, history repeats itself For the fourth time in a row And you are left bruised and battered In the face of a year full of bad luck Which has brought you a record seven backouts And all you can do now Is to pray, and keep praying For 2022 to end as soon as possible Recruitment, is indeed an utterly thankless job