This recruitment firm video went viral because it looks like a ridiculous parody. It’s not
11.
casting director: “yeah so we only need 2 women for this, the first will look admiringly at a taller man, the second is just to sit in the background of a ping-pong table shot…”
— Eleanor McKenna (@onepixelout) October 15, 2018
12.
Stevie, I want to scream:
– Ping pong
– Roof beers
– “Lad culture”This can’t be real.
— Andy Bell (@hankchizljaw) October 15, 2018
13.
The Apprentice week one. The teams are tasked to produce a recruitment video for Haigh Associates. Let’s see what the “Team Alpha” guys came up with…
— Peter O’Shaughnessy (@poshaughnessy) October 15, 2018
14.
OF COURSE THE JET WAS GOING TO IBIZA pic.twitter.com/8nuA6Y9VX8
— Stevie Buckley (@StevieBuckley) October 15, 2018
15.
Will I picture this video each time a recruiter calls me? Yes, I will.
— @[email protected] (@andyeb) October 15, 2018
16.
my work here is done
— Stevie Buckley (@StevieBuckley) October 15, 2018
And there was an update.
oh no. i made them sad. pic.twitter.com/QXDrXJgwu1
— Stevie Buckley (@StevieBuckley) October 16, 2018
To conclude …
Wow.
Everything that is wrong with the #Recruiter industry in one film.
⛔️ All men
⛔️ 99% white
⛔️ Materialism culture
⛔️ Swagger over human connection
⛔️ Bro theme song
⛔️ Table tennisLet’s be like 1980s stockbrokers… because that all ended so well!
— Heather DeLand (@HeatherDeLand) October 15, 2018