You know what blows my mind? The number of people on LinkedIn who proudly slap "Recruiter" on their profile, and still manage to get it wrong. Yeah, you heard me.
"Recruiter" - About 2,540,000 results (as on 11.04 AM IST on hashtag#Linkedin) Then I saw the madness "Recriuter" "Recruter" "Recuiter" "Recrutor" "Recruiiter" "Reccruiter" "Recruitter" "Recruietr" "Recruietr" "Recruter" "Recuiter" "Recrutier" You’re literally out here recruiting for roles, but you can’t even recruit the right letters for your own title? How does that work?
There are thousands of people getting it wrong. Some of you are out here rearranging letters like it’s some kind of puzzle. Here’s the thing - if you can’t even spell the title of your job right, what message does that send about how you do your job?
RECRUITER - Thats how you spell it. R goes here. U goes there. It’s not rocket science.
And don’t think I’m done. If we’re screwing up "Recruiter" this badly, I will leave it for you guys to figure how many ways can one get "Talent Acquisition" wrong. Go ahead, figure that one out.
This isn’t just about spelling, people - it’s about the standards we set for ourselves. If you’re sloppy with your own title, how are you showing up for your candidates? Your clients? Your company?
And if your job title is wrong, how are recruiters supposed to hunt for you? Sure, they might not get the job call themselves if they suck this bad, but neither will you. Discoverability needs to be accurate. If you’re not showing up in search results, you’re leaving opportunities on the table. Period. On a side note, I’m starting to wonder… how many recruiters are intentionally writing misspelled titles just to catch the ones who errored and moved on with life? Maybe they’ve cracked the code. Maybe they’re on to something.
Here's a little homework for you - Try this for your job title. Go ahead and misspell intentionally and search
I promise you will be surprised with the results. Try Developer, Engineer, Manager, Customer Success, Sales, literally any job title .. and If you have the same expression as me which is 🤦♂️ - Leave a comment with what did you search and what did you learn.
Time to raise the bar. Fix it. And then we can talk about real Talent Acquisition.
PS: I would want to revisit this thread - 10 days later and see what has changed. Know someone who made this error, Please educate them. The more masses it reaches to, maybe the number of errors will reduce
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