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

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Post by darraghor »

Wronnay wrote: post #3

Can't imagine that Recruiters will fill out that form.

Yea so originally that was my plan to be honest. I just wanted to give them something so onerous they would go away.

Then I thought it would actually be useful to me if i could hear about interesting roles so i made the questions semi-configurable to shorten the form.

It could be useful for them if they could get an indication why their role sucks (they can see which category failed in filtering).

But you're right though. So far, in general, recruiters hate it.

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

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Post by darraghor »

ichinco wrote: post #27

I really like this, but I wish I could write my own questions. For example - 1. Do you offer a 4d work week? 2. Do you offer parental leave? How much? How long after starting do you become eligible for it? 3. How many days of PTO do you get per year? I imagine that some of these questions are pretty specific to me, hence my hope that you could add custom questions.

Hey! Yea it's just too much work for a free thing to write a completely custom question/filter generator thingy :) The backend is all hardcoded and nasty for MVPing. I might revisit that at some stage but it's not possible right now.

I'll see about adding those questions you mentioned though!

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

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Post by darraghor »

thrownaway561 wrote: post #18

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…

Hey,

Thanks for the comment.

Recruiters on linkedin ignore the "I'm not looking" setting and spam candidates anyway. Linked even gives them tools to do this! So linkedin doesn't fix this issue unfortunately.

You can reply to linkedin spam messages with the filteredreduced link. It's just text. Thats what i do.

Unfortunately linkedin don't offer an api to let me automatically respond to messages on their system. Now that would be awesome if they did!

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

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Post by darraghor »

mtlynch wrote: post #4

Cool idea! I'd suggest offering a demo mode that users can play with before they sign up. Requiring an email address before users can see anything is going to dissuade a lot of people. I think the UX could be improved by guiding the user a little bit through the process. When I first signed in, the first thing it showed me was an email template I'm supposed to send to recruiters, but I'd expect the first step to be s…

Hey,

Thanks so much for the constructive feedback. I'll see if i can make all of this better!

dar

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

#35

Post by darraghor »

gwbas1c wrote: post #14

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: Fo…

Hey thanks so much for the suggestions!

I've added all this to my list!

dar

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

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Post by darraghor »

kwerk wrote: post #12

What is the response you’re seeing from recruiters?

I've had the full range of emotions from filling it in and messaging "cool idea" to anger.

The comments from recruiters in post about a similar form (this is not referring to my tool) sums it up! - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-rolls-6aa95bba_has-anyo...

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

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Post by darraghor »

tjpnz wrote: post #5

Nice to see Kiwisaver getting a mention! Can you give some options for other currencies? I'm after Japanese Yen.

ohh nice suggestion. i'll see if i can add a currency selector or maybe make it more generic.

it's difficult to fully internationalise it with so little time to spend on it tbh

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

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Post by darraghor »

gurgus wrote: post #6

This looks like a really neat tool but I wish that people didn't have to sign up in order to submit a response to the survey.

yea fair call! i just wanted to be able to stop recruiters spamming a candidate to find their filters so i limit the number of submissions they can make to a single candidate in a day.

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

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Post by darraghor »

jayolden wrote: post #19

This is definitely helpful but what if the recruiter spam is coming from linkedin?

you can paste the link in to linked in messages. i just paste it into all of the spam i get once a fortight or so.

unfortunately linkedin don't provide an api or i would do this automatically

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

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Post by thrownaway561 »

darraghor wrote: post #33
thrownaway561 wrote: post #18

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…

Hey, Thanks for the comment. Recruiters on linkedin ignore the "I'm not looking" setting and spam candidates anyway. Linked even gives them tools to do this! So linkedin doesn't fix this issue unfortunately. You can reply to linkedin spam messages with the filteredreduced link. It's just text. Thats what i do. Unfortunately linkedin don't offer an api to let me automatically respond to messages on their system. Now t…

that maybe so, but again, no recruiter is going to fill out a form to contact you, which is the primary selling point of your site.
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