Being "offered" a job is significantly different than being offered pet insurance. Not in a sellers' market, which tech hiring is right now. The email/message

Being "offered" a job is significantly different than being offered pet insurance. Not in a sellers' market, which tech hiring is right now. The email/messages from recruiters at issue are the ones that are obviously the result of lame mailmerges and/or show a complete lack of time or effort to understand the person being recruited. Additionally, a job offer from someone you know, and who knows you, is much more valuable than a job offer from someone contacting you out of the blue who is working to bring people in. A job offer from some who knows you, is a peer, and who is recruiting for the company they work for is even more valuable (because by working there, they are vouching for the company).