#dropouts - Hello Poetry

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

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Dec 6, 2022

Dec 6, 2022 at 1:29 AM UTC

Ashwinkumar1989

Recruitment Is An Utterly Thankless Job

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

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You have no idea Absolutely no idea About the amount of work That goes into closing a position Especially if it is an Investment Banking role Scouring portal after portal In order to hunt down the right candidates Making call after call And subsequently facing rejection after rejection However, as we all know "There is always light at the end of the tunnel" So, you somehow find a way Yo snag some decent candidates Who may not be "perfect" But fit the role well, nevertheless When the closure ultimately happens You heave a huge sigh of relief Knowing that your hard work has paid off However, there is a twist in the tale The candidate receives another offer Which turns out to be more lucrative Than the one provided by your client And he gladly takes it Therefore, you are back to square one Of course, backouts are common nowadays So, you work harder than ever Determined to turn things around And your efforts are duly rewarded However, just when you are sure That nothing can go wrong this time The candidate develops cold feet And chooses to stay in his present company instead Boom! Just like that Your hard work has gone down the drain, yet again But you refuse to give up Believing that it will turn out to be a case of "third time lucky" However, as always, you are wrong This time, the candidate is genuinely interested But the client is too stingy Thus pushing the candidate towards taking up a better offer And you are left in the lurch, as ever The only difference being That this time, there will be no comeback

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Oct 21, 2022

Oct 21, 2022 at 9:03 AM UTC

Ashwinkumar1989

A Tale Of Backouts in Recruitment

You have no idea Absolutely no idea About the amount of work That goes into closing a position Especially if it is an Investment Banking role Scouring portal after portal In order to hunt down the right candidates Making call after call And subsequently facing rejection after rejection However, as we all know "There is always light at the end of the tunnel" So, you somehow find a way Yo snag some decent candidates Who may not be "perfect" But fit the role well, nevertheless When the closure ultimately happens You heave a huge sigh of relief Knowing that your hard work has paid off However, there is a twist in the tale The candidate receives another offer Which turns out to be more lucrative Than the one provided by your client And he gladly takes it Therefore, you are back to square one Of course, backouts are common nowadays So, you work harder than ever Determined to turn things around And your efforts are duly rewarded However, just when you are sure That nothing can go wrong this time The candidate develops cold feet And chooses to stay in his present company instead Boom! Just like that Your hard work has gone down the drain, yet again But you refuse to give up Believing that it will turn out to be a case of "third time lucky" However, as always, you are wrong This time, the candidate is genuinely interested But the client is too stingy Thus pushing the candidate towards taking up a better offer And you are left in the lurch, as ever The only difference being That this time, there will be no comeback

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Mar 28, 2016

Mar 28, 2016 at 10:42 PM UTC

brent-kincaid

SAY WHUT?

You, yew and ewe. New, knew and gnu. Two, too and to. Do, dew and doo. Your, you’re, ewer and yore. Sower, sewer and even sore. Pin, pen Win, wen. Tin, ten. Bin, been. For, four, and fore. Poor, pour and pore. Bear, bare and bayer. There, their and they’re. Sure, sewer, shore and shower. Censor, censure, sensor, censer. Din, den. Kin, ken. Win, wen. Yin, yen. Shoulda, coulda and woulda, Wanna, hafta and hadda. Pitchers painted of pitchers Ree-lutters instead of realtors. Pertecting you with protection. Prescribing you a perscription. A different kind of differnse, For instance, gimme a frinstance. Pin, pen Win, wen. Tin, ten. Bin, been. Din, den. Kin, ken. Win, wen. Yin, yen.

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