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Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by rfrey »

rilita wrote: post #20

Regarding your choice of fields: 1. Name - This is already in emails I get from recruiters 2. Email - Useful since LinkedIn emails typically don't include their actual email 3. Phone Number - Ditto to #1; they typically include it 4. How did you find me - Considering you stated this is in reply to LinkedIn recruiters; LinkedIn?? ... 5. Name of the company - Most recruiters will not share this information until you ha…

It's an insult to ask what the pay is?

Do you think the recruiter asks the employer? If so, there are two possible reasons: because it's pertinent information for candidates, or because the recruiter gets paid based on that info. If the former, no insult. If the latter, the recruiter is in familiar territory if so "insulted" by the candidate.

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by iamthepieman »

duiker101 wrote: post #31
rrrx3 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Suppose it depends on the market/job role. I'm a Designer with some developer skills and I get spammed constantly for having things like "Javascript" et al on my profile. My true developer friends seem to get it even worse. Around here, Java is the big need, so if you've got it on your profile, expect constant recruiter spam.

Really? Java is so wanted? Where are you?

There are a lot of Java jobs out there.not in startup-land but government and big fortune 500 firms wrote a lot of Java applications in the 90s and early 2000's that they are still maintaining. Also, because of this they will often write new applications in Java because that's what their in house developers who were hired to maintain old apps already know.

I worked on a java server application about 10 years ago and I get more recruiters contacting me about Java positions from that one item on my resume than I get from anything more recent or currently popular.

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by dennisvdvliet »

davelnewton wrote: post #34
oacgnol wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree wholeheartedly with you, to me it's a form of humblebragging. It's definitely a nice thing to be in high demand and 'complaining' about recruiters knocking down the door seems so arrogant and unaware. The low quality spam I can do without, but it's never anything to whine about, filter and move on if it's a problem.

If nobody tells recruiters their automated targeting system isn't working, it just enables more of the same.

That would be a nice change; what if a recruiters sends you and opening that is about building a system to prevent this spam :-)

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by JSeymourATL »

dennisvdvliet wrote: post #3
JSeymourATL wrote: post #2

Brilliant, well done! Sure to screen out the Bozos from people who may really want to talk with you. The good recruiters will get it. Might suggest a sub-section under Job Description-- who does this role report to? (Give me their name).

Don't think any recruiter is going to give me that info :-) Usually they claim that everything is so secret etc.

If they are retained, it's usually a selling point.

But an appropriate response would be-- 'reports to the VP Engineering, will share full details once we've had a live conversation and decide to move forward'

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by kenrikm »

dorfsmay wrote: post #35
kenrikm wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

99% is useless spam. I usually reply back with a copy/paste filling in blanks with their name to please give me more specific info about the position and salary range. Even that is too much to ask and they don't usually reply with the info. I mean.. that's what they are doing, might as well do the same.

Maybe it's a role + location thing... I really do not get that much spam, most recruiters who contact me have obviously had a look at my resume.

I'm in the Bay Area which drastically increases the amount of spam.

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by ekanes »

Many commenters are talking about how they handle/manage this, generally by replying to the recruiter in some fashion.

Consider that you have no societal/politeness obligation to reply to any sales (and recruiting is sales) email, ever. You can just ignore/filter with abandon.

These folks are eating up your most precious resource - your time.

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by doodpants »

rrrx3 wrote: post #19
dorfsmay wrote: post #18

Are recruiters that big of an issue for you guys? I do not get that many emails/contacts from recruiters, and I find a quick polite email exchange or one phone call allows to quickly clarify the situation and we're done. I actually welcome recruiters contacting me, it keeps me in the loop of what's going, market rate etc... and sometime help me finding new gigs. EDIT: It seems that where you are located makes a big d…

Suppose it depends on the market/job role. I'm a Designer with some developer skills and I get spammed constantly for having things like "Javascript" et al on my profile. My true developer friends seem to get it even worse. Around here, Java is the big need, so if you've got it on your profile, expect constant recruiter spam.

Heh, Java. I have well over a decade of experience using Java... to write cross-platform desktop applications using Swing. Turns out that's not the kind of Java experience most companies are looking for. :-)

Re: Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

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Post by copsarebastards »

Methusalah wrote: post #47

I had one track down the phone number for my employer, call here, and ask the secretary to speak with me while refusing to say what the reason was until he spoke with me.

I had the same experience. Luckily for me the secretary at my work politely declined to pass on the call.
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