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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by kayoone on Sunday October 28, 2018 @10:53AM (#18320842)
I am torn on this, devs are currently in a very fortunate position (if you live in a tech hotspot) to be able to just ignore these requests or be impolite by sending a link like this. However I believe you should still be grateful to be in a position like this and treat people with respect. Sending a link saying "no, stop contacting me and gtfo" is pretty rude. I have well educated friends that work in different industries or live in less populated areas who would be grateful for any HR inquiry.
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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by dre85 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @11:12AM (#18320952)
I am not torn on this at all. You are 100% right. If you send a link like this as a reply, it's super rude and unnecessary. I feel super grateful to be in a position where jobs hunt me instead of the typical bs in every other field of having to send 100 CVS out and to never hear back from anyone or to hear back half a year later.
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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by leipert on Sunday October 28, 2018 @11:47AM (#18321141)
Author here.

Well, in my experience the people asking me if I am interested are rather rude. I politely explain to them that I am not interested and a lot of follow-up questions come flying in. Why is that?

That is why created the page, I answer now:

> Thank you very much for your message.

> I am not interested, before you answer me again please have a look at https://no-thank-you.de/.

> Best, <name>

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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by the-dude on Sunday October 28, 2018 @12:01PM (#18321199)
Why even answer? I always say : no answer on the internet is a no.
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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by 83sjeodeke on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:59PM (#18322269)
And then they continue, “Well do you know someone? We pay a $500 referral fee if you give me their name and we end up placing them.”
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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by joering2 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @10:59AM (#18320879)
You looking at this from your own perspective not from recruiter’s POV. They don’t care whether you are grateful or not; it’s just a job to them (nothing wrong in that). At the end of the month you just a number in column “converted” or as they probably called “placed”.

Of course some people with tons of skills will be easier to place than others, hence recruiters will push harder.

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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by justaj on Sunday October 28, 2018 @09:11PM (#18324244)
I would engage them if they'd have a guarantee that I'd be hired by whoever is trying to hire me. If they don't, then there's a high chance I'll be wasting time.
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Re:Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link by PopeDotNinja on Sunday October 28, 2018 @10:58AM (#18320875)
I love getting a lot of attention.
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