Top 17 Songs Every Recruiter Can Relate to

Top 17 Songs Every Recruiter Can Relate to Weve all been there, on the roller-coaster of emotions that is recruitment. From the Monday morning hell which requires nothing short of a double espresso, through to the  vainglory which kicks in during deal swag season. Here are some of my top song picks to get you through the good and bad weeks / months / years of recruiting: 1. Your first day as a recruitment consultant Song choice: Travie McCoy Billionaire Its your first day as a recruitment consultant. Your  new manager sits you down for an introduction and the commission structure is broken down in more detail, meanwhile youre sat there just thinking I wanna be a Billionaire so bad! 2. Monday blues Song Choice: Daniel Powter  Bad Day Youve finally left the office after a  miserable Monday, having endured the beginning of the month meeting where you were grilled by your seniors about last months performance. Its now time to reflect and move on / have a large bottled size glass of red wine. 3. That HR manager blocks  your deal Song choice: Puddle Of Mudd She Hates Me Yes, you may have gone directly to the hiring manager behind HRs back but what else could you do when they decided to ignore your emails and calls, despite the fact that you had the perfect candidate for them? You managed to get the manager bought in and then you get a call from the HR manager telling you that all future communications are blocked and interviews have been cancelled! 4. That warm / smug feeling of being in high demand Song Choice: Right Said Fred Im Too Sexy When that same client (which you desperately wanted to work with) who turned you down after telling you that they decided to work with a range of cheaper agencies and assured you they didnt need your services, comes running back. 5. Sifting through rubbish applications Song choice: TLC No Scrubs One of the  banes of  being a recruiter, when youre getting a pile load of irrelevant applications (often duplicate) and the applicants are also keen to check in twice a day on their application process and resell themselves in for the position! 6. Job insomnia Song choice: Cypress Hill Insane In The Brain When you spend your thirsty Thursday staying late  in the empty office alone (ignoring the continuous snapchats from others in the office who off out at your favourite bar) but its ok because youre going to send over some top quality candidates to a new hot job It gets to the following Tuesday and your clients disappeared off the end of the earth! 7. Realising that amazing candidate isnt so irreplaceable Song choice: Beyonce Irreplaceable When you find a candidate that you think will get the job but they turn out to be a DIVA,  maybe they blank you continuously for 48 hours and youre feeling hopeless then you find someone with a better skill set whos keen on your role. 8. When that candidate comes crawling back Song choice: Kelis Trick Me That same candidate that dogged you once comes crawling back. They might have a good set of experience on there CV but theyre a major  Houdini when it comes to  commitment. Now that youre older and wiser to their trickery, you know exactly what theyre like and unfortunately that role is no longer available. 9. Budgets have been reset and youve got a pile of new jobs to work Song choice: Missy Elliott Work It Wow, this is a change for the books youve gone from frantically trying to find the scraps of unworkable jobs to having 10  land on your desk at once. Feeling funky with a  fresh lease of life now, youve just got to decide if each one is worth it and whether to work it or not! 10. Continuously being knocked down Song choice: Chumbawamba Tubthumping When you work 5-10 hours overtime daily just to get badly beaten by another agency continually for two weeks. Note to self: keep self belief that theres light at the end of the deal tunnel, and move on! 11. When someone asks you about your diet since having started our recruitment career Song choice: Fast Food Rockers Fast Food Song Before starting in the recruitment industry youd like to think of yourself as fairly healthy, but recently those late nights in the office trawling through jobs boards followed by a stint of continuous alcohol consumption has resulted in a rapid decline in the consumption of healthier alternatives, whilst Deliveroo and Dominos seem to have become an excellent option! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgPq4FGWfk 12. Dont go chasing waterfalls Song choice: TLC Waterfalls When youve got no core roles on but things keep cropping up outside of your remit, not exactly the kind of area you cover and your managers stood over your desk telling you not to stray from what you know (maybe youll ping some people over outside of core hours). 13. KPI Chains Song choice: Mary Mary Shackles When everyone leaves the office for team drinks but youre 20% off hitting your months KPIs and todays the last day of the month you realise that youll be begrudgingly catching up on these for at least the next couple of hours. 14. When office haters start hating on your high commission lifestyle Song choice: The Notorious B.I.G Mo Money Mo Problems Last month you did pretty well and youre feeling pretty fly in your new outfits this week, whilst you can admit that your new Versace sunglasses indoors may be a little excessive you cant help but feel like haters gonna hate. 15. When you fill  the unplaceable job Song choice: Montell Jordan-  This is how we do it Everyone told you that you wouldnt be able to do it but you got that recruiters twinge to go outside of what people told you to do and guess what? Candidate start date is confirmed, notice handed in do a little dance. 16. When they call out top biller for the month and its you Song choice: Destinys Child Say My Name Yeah thats right-  its recap of last months activity and your director refers to the statistics before announcing the top biller of the month. You look around, hmm wonder who it could be (secretly know its you) and get ready to walk to the front in diva manner/act surprised. 17. All work work work Song choice: Rihanna Work We all have those friends who always seem to be free to do something, yet you cant help but feel like all you do is work, work, work. Bailing on social plans only to spend the night alone in the office submitting CVs is only possible if you repeat staff incentive trip over and over and over again Every role has its ups and down and its no secret that recruitment can be testing hopefully this will help to get you through the ups and downs  and get you out the other side of the week! If youd like to keep the playlist on standby,  it can be found here!