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My feed is filled with dumb “advices”, so called “professionals” that post the most entry level stuff and all sorts of shit that if I were a recruiter I would stay away from these people

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think that depends on what profession you’re in. I get contacted on the regular by recruiters on that platform for jobs. It’s where I have found my last 2 positions in 7 years.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Likewise. It has generated several offers for me, but the vast majority of head hunters are playing spray-n-pray with keywords. For every good lead I get, I have to tell 400 people to fuck off.

Oh.. you're a SOX analyst? Want to work in a sock factory? Want to do the laundry for a minor league baseball team? Want to be in a fetish video?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Head hunters are so annoying I’ve stopped responding to them. They barely know anything about the position they try to fill.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends. I got my recent job from a headhunter: a Rust programming gig in a fully remote startup with good benefits and a great salary. When the offers are not great, I tell them. This was through LinkedIn.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yep. I live in one of the "post salary or GTFO" states, and lead with that. Anyone who can't respond with a straight answer isn't worth dealing with and is told why.

I go through them every couple of days and have a text file with canned responses.

  • Thanks for reaching out. Before we proceed further, will you please provide a full job description, salary range, name of your client, and length of the contract?
  • Sorry - (DETAIL) falls outside/below my current expectations. Have a good day, and good luck!
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Definitely. I said this in another reply as well, but I don’t respond unless they say something very specific about my background. I know AI can do that but that seems the best way to go for now.

[–] burntbutterbiscuits 3 points 1 year ago

All in a day’s work…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually just got offers from people who wouldn't tell me what the job was or how much it paid until I agreed to an hour long sales pitch, I mean, interview.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For sure there are still those. I usually get one decent one for about 20 ransoms that don’t say a word. I usually don’t respond unless they say something specific about my background.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And what field is this? Or what professions do you think so well here?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Product development. Anything associated with building software products get a lot of traction on LinkedIn