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But, I have used LinkedIn to apply, as many employers have a direct application system through LinkedIn (approx. 1-click application if your profile is up-to-date). Success rate getting interviews this way was good given the low effort to apply.
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I feel like the quality issue is only getting worse over time. Yesterday I received a LinkedIn message from a recruiter that began with "I wanted to reach out as it is almost the end of the year" ... The same recruiter previously emailed me in December and did not use that phrase, so it's not like he always copy-and-pastes the same thing. However, in his December message, he misspelled my name (which is only 4 letter…
A really common one I get is emails about Java jobs where the recruiter praises me for all my Java skills and experience and talks about how I would be the perfect candidate for the job they have. The thing is nowhere in my profile does it say I have Java experience (I'm all C#/.Net), however it does mention JavaScript in a few places. They couldn't be any more obvious with their laziness.
From what I’ve seen everything else is fairly similar, just smaller scale.
I prefer to work with people who I’ve worked with before, and come in via referrals and to hire the same way, but sometimes your pool of contacts isn’t big enough to do that exclusively.
There is the usual job opportunity spams, which for IT Security is not bad. I have received several initial introduction from recruiters from respected companies.
What I like about LinkedIn is that I can find out instantly if I know someone who already works at the company I am interested in applying. Being able to ask someone about the company's culture can help you make the decision if you want to accept employment or skip to the next one.
The first was an ex-colleague recruiting me directly for a position he was trying to fill. LinkedIn was just the easiest way for him to find me since we were already connected there.
The other was random recruiter spam, to which I always respond with my standard blurb - basically "Is this position fully remote and what's the salary range?" They came back with a number 40% higher than what I was making then, so I pursued it.
I understand the desire to not use LinkedIn, but for those of you not using who are either interested in being hire or in doing hiring, what’s the alternative? From what I’ve seen everything else is fairly similar, just smaller scale. I prefer to work with people who I’ve worked with before, and come in via referrals and to hire the same way, but sometimes your pool of contacts isn’t big enough to do that exclusively…
I have never got a job through LinkedIn, even though I get loads of contacts from recruiters - as many as 10 per week. The problem is that those contacts are poor quality. They are spammy as heck, basically mass emailing anyone who has a specific search phrase anywhere in their profile. For the last year my profile bio has opened with the statement "Recruiters: Please tell me what your favourite colour is if you want…
Mass recruiters are the problem here. I’ve never tried the brown M&M strategy, Instead I prefer to just tell them no thanks when it’s not interesting.
I understand the desire to not use LinkedIn, but for those of you not using who are either interested in being hire or in doing hiring, what’s the alternative? From what I’ve seen everything else is fairly similar, just smaller scale. I prefer to work with people who I’ve worked with before, and come in via referrals and to hire the same way, but sometimes your pool of contacts isn’t big enough to do that exclusively…
We post our jobs on job boards like stackoverflow. People find our jobs there (or on our corporate job board site) and then apply. We review their resumes, select a few for phone interviews, select 2-4 for in-person or zoom interviews, then either offer the job or keep looking.
That’s a great approach, and by nature you’re prefiltering for those interested enough in the position to apply for it, but I don’t think it covers all the cases that people use LinkedIn for when hiring/being hired.