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Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by eloisius »

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #8

I want OkCupid for recruiting. Recruiter puts what they're looking for, I put what I'm looking for and what my actual skills/experience are. Additional questions ("Family friendly policies?", "Active diversity program?") get answered with a rating (not important/kinda important/very important) and whether an answer is mandatory. Algorithm generates closest matches, you get matches in e-mail. Assuming the candidate is…

Recruiters will just dishonestly check all the boxes that you're looking for. They don't care if they waste your time with a bad match. They carpet bomb everyone with their 'opportunity' because it's no cost to them.

Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by gwbas1c »

I'd really like to see a demo (or good screenshots) before signing up.

1: Screenshot of the options that I can set 2: Screenshot of the link in a recruiter chat 3: Screenshot of everything the recruiter sees

I should be able to skim the above in 15 seconds. Animated screenshots are best. Don't go embedding a Youtube video unless it shows the entire thing in the first 20 seconds.

FYI, as some people have mentioned: Forcing the recruiter to create an account is a major no-no.

Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by bodge5000 »

My solution to it is a lot more heavy handed. I just setup a filter for any messages containing words like "developer", "python", "career", ect... and have the message archived and put into its own folder

False positives happen, and would probably happen more frequently if I were involved in other circles over email, but I do try to check the folder every now and again to make sure Im not missing anything important, or something that might be interesting

Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by 88913527 »

The simplest way to detect recruiters reaching out to you without much thought is to use weird UTF8 characters in your LinkedIn name. The recruiter's message will be canned, but parameterized with your name. The parameterization gives you a means for communicating with yourself.

This fixes the problem for cold recruiter e-mails I get too, since they seem to scraping LinkedIn for contacts. You can change the character over time to have a sense of when they scraped the data, too.

Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by thrownaway561 »

there is no recruiter who is going to waste their time filling in a form to contact you. recruiters nowadays use linkedin for all of their correspondence with candidates, only the schumbags use email or text. any email i get from a recruiter, i just mark as spam, any text or phones calls, i just block. just open a linkedin account, update your profile to match your resume and start connecting with the recruiters you want in your area or industry. it's that simple.

Re: Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam

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Post by justusthane »

88913527 wrote: post #16

The simplest way to detect recruiters reaching out to you without much thought is to use weird UTF8 characters in your LinkedIn name. The recruiter's message will be canned, but parameterized with your name. The parameterization gives you a means for communicating with yourself. This fixes the problem for cold recruiter e-mails I get too, since they seem to scraping LinkedIn for contacts. You can change the character…

Seems like this has the potential for a high rate of false positives. If I were a recruiter typing out personal messages, I'd still likely copy and paste the name just to be sure I got it right.
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