r/Recruitment is a subreddit with 27k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses recruitment, recruiter, struggling, hiring, and candidate, and they frequently recommend/review ats, crm, and crm/software.
**Please check the sub rules before posting.**
This is the ideal place to discuss recruitment tips/advice, strategy, process, systems/tools, or just have a whinge about that last offer falling over.
This community is open to all stakeholders, including candidates, agency recruiters, HR/internal recruiters, hiring managers, and recruitment system developers.
If you're actively looking for jobs to apply to, or you're a recruiter looking for somewhere to post a job advert, checkout r/hiring
Popular Themes in r/Recruitment
#1
Advice Requests
: "Need help w/ Talent Acquisition Role"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "It's so hard to move on when you're ghosted for a job you really wanted"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for an alternative to Apify for large-scale job scraping / job aggregation"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/Recruitment
#1
Recruitment
: "18 years old struggling to break into Recruitment"
61 posts
#2
Recruiter
14 posts
#3
Struggling
9 posts
#4
Hiring
7 posts
#5
Candidate
7 posts
#6
Interview
5 posts
#7
Agency
5 posts
#8
Tool
5 posts
#9
Looking For A Job
4 posts
#10
Hiring Process
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/Recruitment
Ats
96 reviews
#1
Recruit CRM
4.5★ from 11 reviews
#2
Loxo
3.7★ from 7 reviews
#3
Manatal
4.0★ from 6 reviews
Crm
24 reviews
#1
Recruit CRM
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#2
Bullhorn
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Loxo
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Crm/software
11 reviews
#1
KarioDrive
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
RecruitCRM
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Rapha
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Recruitment
#1
Interviews
: "the question that kills half my intake calls is the simplest one on the list"
23 posts
#2
Sourcing
: "3rd party recruiter ghosted me and I got an offer"
18 posts
#3
Other
: "This might sound stupid but I'm not sure what's else could be wrong with me? Am I burnt out?"
16 posts
#4
External / Agency Recruiter
: "UK Recruiter Earnings"
14 posts
#5
Tools/Systems
: "Has anyone here taken a skill assessment through Jobma?"
13 posts
#6
Candidate
: "Shortlisted but not contacted"
9 posts
#7
Human Resources
: "Need help w/ Talent Acquisition Role"
7 posts
#8
Hiring Manager
: "How do you evaluate candidates when recruiting for remote or offshore roles?"
5 posts
#9
CVs
: "[London] Is asking recruiters for IRL coffee chats over LinkedIn an actual thing in London?"
5 posts
#10
Internal Recruiter
: "More applicants don’t always mean a better shortlist"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/Recruitment
Yearly
+12k members(79.7%)
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Last updated: September 12, 2026