Re:Ask HN: What things that tech recruiters do, annoy you th...
by dcminter on Sunday June 13, 2021 @06:47AM
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+1
By way of example from the other side of the fence - my LinkedIn profile asks recruiters to state that they've read my pre-requisites for a role when they contact me. 90% don't do that (and clearly haven't).
The kind of recruiter that doesn't bother to read the candidate's profile is "phoning it in"
I delete all of those - the remaining recruiters are generally ok, though they're often offering roles that are trivially discoverable to anyone actively job hunting.
By way of example from the other side of the fence - my LinkedIn profile asks recruiters to state that they've read my pre-requisites for a role when they contact me. 90% don't do that (and clearly haven't).
The kind of recruiter that doesn't bother to read the candidate's profile is "phoning it in"
I delete all of those - the remaining recruiters are generally ok, though they're often offering roles that are trivially discoverable to anyone actively job hunting.