Re:Ask HN: Why are 95% of messages on LinkedIn trash?
by Cactus2018 on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:33AM
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Internal vs external. Recruiter vs sourcer. Direct hire vs contract placement.
Your 95% messages are probably coming from external sourcers working on contract placement roles. Their motivation is to get any type of lead and pass you up the chain.
My experience is to ignore them if the job is not relevant or they seem scamy - and to ask simple questions to quickly screen them (who is client? what is salary?) Suddenly 95% of them disappear.
Re:Ask HN: Why are 95% of messages on LinkedIn trash?
by soupdiver on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:09PM
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yeah, this basically confirms my experience and is also what annoys me so much. Not even investing 5s to read the first sentence of the profile... just wasting time for every one.
Your 95% messages are probably coming from external sourcers working on contract placement roles. Their motivation is to get any type of lead and pass you up the chain.
My experience is to ignore them if the job is not relevant or they seem scamy - and to ask simple questions to quickly screen them (who is client? what is salary?) Suddenly 95% of them disappear.
Edit; Turn this setting off: jobs-->career interests-->"let recruiters know you're open"