The Brutal Reality of Building a Recruitment Tech Startup

In this episode of Mixed Grill, Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee dive into the messy reality of AI, LinkedIn, recruitment marketing, founder burnout and why human connection still wins in recruitment.

From automated outreach disasters and “AI agents for recruiters”, to LinkedIn vanity metrics, community building, networking and the future of recruitment businesses — this is an honest conversation about what’s actually happening in the industry right now.

The pair discuss:

* Why AI won’t replace great recruiters
* The dangerous rise of automated outreach
* LinkedIn personal branding and vanity metrics
* Why community beats cold outreach
* Recruitment marketing in 2026
* Founder burnout and financial runway
* Recruitment events, networking and human connection
* Why recruiters need to stop relying on automation
* The future of recruitment tech and AI agents
* Building recruitment communities that actually matter

If you work in recruitment, staffing, talent acquisition, recruitment marketing, RecTech, employer branding or agency leadership — this episode is packed with insight, humour and brutally honest takes on where the industry is heading.

🎙 Mixed Grill is a RecTalk podcast.

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