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I haven't received a truly aggressive recruiter response in some time, so it prompted me to wonder how other people handle these sorts of approaches. I'm mostly interested in limiting the harm they'll do to anyone else in their search, as this sort of dialog doesn't bother me too much.
How have you all handled this effectively in the past?
Thanks!
Reasons include "I'm onsite, so can't talk, sorry"/"I'm about to go into a meeting"/"I'm not interested in your role"/"Please remove my details from your system"/"Stop harassing me, otherwise I'm calling the police"
I've only had one particularly aggressive recruiter around 2000 wanting me to work at Yahoo. I was quite happy with being at my start up and he threatened me with not working through his agency, ever. I agreed with him I'd not want to work with his agency. Hasn't affected my workload then or now. Though I was terribly paranoid about it at the time.
90% of my work over the past 5 years has been repeat business through prior clients once they're outside the compete clauses.
PS - Including their email address (and name) but not yours seems extremely petty. Like this thread/negative exposure is effectively your way of getting back at them.
Your reply was also rude. I'm not going to take sides since I dislike both. PS - Including their email address (and name) but not yours seems extremely petty. Like this thread/negative exposure is effectively your way of getting back at them.
Problem solved.
Can you elaborate? This recruiter's email is spam, literally. Most people hit delete and move on. I'm curious where the harm is coming from.
Reply with a link to their pull request.
Your reply was also rude. I'm not going to take sides since I dislike both. PS - Including their email address (and name) but not yours seems extremely petty. Like this thread/negative exposure is effectively your way of getting back at them.
Your reply was also rude. I'm not going to take sides since I dislike both. PS - Including their email address (and name) but not yours seems extremely petty. Like this thread/negative exposure is effectively your way of getting back at them.
Agreed... the whole conversation reads like parody: self-centred and inane recruiter pitch followed by smug, obtuse developer reply followed by recruiter amusingly taking umbrage at the reply and still trying to pitch the job.
Using words such as "recommend", "advice", "friendly" in my mind conveys only transparency. I would genuinely like to know how this email could be re-written in a more helpful tone. Or is any response doomed to snarkiness?
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Agreed... the whole conversation reads like parody: self-centred and inane recruiter pitch followed by smug, obtuse developer reply followed by recruiter amusingly taking umbrage at the reply and still trying to pitch the job.
Really? I spent a small amount of time trying to craft a suggestion that I honestly felt would help this person do their job better. I can see how it could appear potentially condescending, but how are we able to give people constructive advice if there's an effort at a concise, polite response and it's perceived as obtuse? Using words such as "recommend", "advice", "friendly" in my mind conveys only transparency. I…
As its written, you just seem like you're dismissive and passive aggressive. If you had actually responded to the email and then added an aside about his email subject it would have come across much differently.