New recruiter anxiety
Hi! I don’t really know if this is okay to post but I’m struggling a bit and could use some advice.
I’m 6 months into my new post grad corporate job as a recruiter. Maybe it’s because this is my first corporate/big girl job ever out of college, but I get really nervous around my coworkers. All of them are a lot older than me so they’ve been doing their job for 5-20 years already. I feel so incompetent at times and I feel like I have to put on a face that makes me look more professional/outgoing than I feel/am to fit in. It’s made me really anxious to go into office and take calls around my coworkers because I’m scared they’ll judge the way I interview candidates or talk to my hiring managers.
Has anyone ever felt this way before? How do you go about relieving the anxiety around other recruiters? I’d love to hear tips about how to engage myself more in the office as well. I’m willing to put in the work to get better, I just don’t really know how.
Posted Jan 14, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC