r/recruiting rules, stats, and what to post

This is a working room for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals. The description says it plainly, it is an industry discussion space for recruiters only, with no candidates, no ads, and no research. The rules back that up, posts must be about recruiting and posted by recruiters, and user flairs are mandatory on every post. So the people here talk shop about sourcing, hiring processes, tools, and the daily realities of the job, and they expect everyone in the conversation to be one of them.

The rule that decides everything here is “Posts must be related to recruiting, posted by Recruiters.”, because the sub is closed to anyone who is not a recruiter or talent acquisition professional. “No Website Click-bait, self-promotion, astroturfing or product research” is the one that ends most marketing plans before they start, and it comes with a perma ban. “No Candidate Advice” keeps the room recruiter only, so anything aimed at job seekers is out. “No Job Posts/Advertising” removes job ads and job seeking posts. “AI in Recruiting-meaningful content only” matters a lot if your product touches AI, because tool talk is welcome but self-promotion, research, and surveys get removed and banned. “No low-effort posts or cross-posting from other subs” demands original content and removes AI generated slop. “User Flairs are mandatory for all posts” is in the description itself, so skip the flair and your post never gets seen.

If you are a founder who genuinely works in recruiting, or you have real hands-on experience hiring, you can post original, recruiter focused discussion. The AI rule is the clearest opening, it says tool discussions are welcome when the focus is recruiter experiences or challenges, so a post about what you learned running a hiring process, written in your own words, fits. What does not fit is anything that points back to your site, your product, or a survey. Write like a practitioner sharing a lesson, not a marketer sharing a link, and set your flair first.

The fastest way out is promotion, the rule on click-bait, self-promotion, astroturfing, and product research ends with offenders will be perma banned, so a single link drop can cost you the account. Posting without a user flair gets you removed before anyone reads you. Posting as a candidate, asking for resume help, or asking how to break into the industry breaks the recruiter only rules. Job posts and job seeking posts are banned. AI content is risky, the rule removes AI generated slop regardless of topic, and it bans surveys, product research, and alt account tricks. Cross-posts and low-effort posts are removed. Harassment is an instant ban with zero tolerance.

This is one of the strictest rooms I have read the rules for, and I respect it. The description says recruiters only, and the flair requirement plus the perma ban on promotion tells me the moderators want working practitioners talking shop, nothing else. If you build something for recruiters, treat this sub as a place to learn how they talk, not a place to launch.