To learn more about recruitment and humor surrounding it, Bored Panda reached out to Kenny Fan, who also runs an Instagram page dedicated to recruitment memes.
First of all, Kenny briefly introduced himself: “I worked for an international firm for many years and worked in different offices in different countries. I can say recruitment problems are universal.”
Kenny has been a recruiter for “10 plus years”, therefore, there is no better candidate to tell us more about recruitment humor than him. However, we were curious what inspired Kenny to start his own meme-based Instagram account.
Kenny responded: “I’ve always been a meme guy. I’m the friend who keeps tagging people when he sees a funny meme and always tries to send memes as replies during chats. I work as a recruiter, and one day back in 2017, I randomly started a memes page about recruitment.”Kenny added: “It’s easy for me to make memes about my daily work.”
Kenny’s memes often resonate with recruiters and job seekers alike. We asked Kenny to share an instance when his content sparked unexpected engagement or a significant reaction from his audience.
Kenny responded: “When Covid happened, a lot of recruiters were out of work, so I posted a few memes about the situation. A lot of people were in the same boat and there were a lot of discussions in my comment sections. It inspired me to help share various recruiting vacancies for those who are still hiring recruiters and the engagement during that time was crazy.”
Memes are sure fun, but we were curious if beyond entertainment, humor in recruitment can have a practical impact, such as altering perceptions or influencing industry practices. Kenny shared: “Let’s be honest, recruitment is a difficult industry, and it’s easy to get depressed when deals aren’t happening. I just want to bring some humor to them when they are feeling down.”
In the end, Kenny shared what he would like for people to take away from his memes.
“The number 1 thing is that they are not alone, a lot of people are going through the same situations at the same time.”Kenny also added: “Believe in what you do, businesses need recruiters.”
