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For every recruiter complaining that this is a spammy spray-and-pray approach, there are a dozen engineers spammed daily on LinkedIn with irrelevant blanket off

For every recruiter complaining that this is a spammy spray-and-pray approach, there are a dozen engineers spammed daily on LinkedIn with irrelevant blanket offers. If anything, this little bot is a delightful and humorous response to both recruiter spam and automated resume filters.

ryandrake 10y ago
Sounds like a bit of an exaggeration. I'd love to see an actual profile that literally gets spammed daily with "job offers". I might want to borrow a few things from such a profile! I've never once gotten an unsolicited job offer (in other words, reply back and the job is yours, sight unseen) out of the blue on any platform, LinkedIn or otherwise. Maybe the occasional recruiter contact, but come on.
- dimino 10y ago
  I get emails most days (5 out of 7) from recruiters. They're mostly bots, but if you put your resume on the wrong site, you get on a series of lists, and can't get off of them.
  - mundo 10y ago
    Agreed. I also made the mistake of uploading a resume with a phone number to Dice, and for about a month I was getting at least one cold-call per day.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  > I've never once gotten an unsolicited job offer (in other words, reply back and the job is yours, sight unseen) out of the blue No one does. He meant that some people get spammed daily with interview offers, which are no less annoying when the jobs aren't interesting.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  "job offer" is in quotes because it's usually an offer to interview, but it's phrased in extremely glowing letters. (Usually referring to your X years of expertise in a language you've never used that's only been out for X-2 years.)
walrus01 10y ago
Haeeelooo sir, we are to be recruiting for very senior position of Windows NT4 administratrator in Moldova. Compensations is excellent. Pelase to be replying as quickly as possible like and many good feelings shall be had.
- wiseleo 10y ago
  That would be a fun role to try to fill. I still support NT in embedded systems. Remembering all the workarounds for ancient UI is fun!
mundo 10y ago
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ryandrake 10y ago

Sounds like a bit of an exaggeration. I'd love to see an actual profile that literally gets spammed daily with "job offers". I might want to borrow a few things from such a profile! I've never once gotten an unsolicited job offer (in other words, reply back and the job is yours, sight unseen) out of the blue on any platform, LinkedIn or otherwise. Maybe the occasional recruiter contact, but come on.

dimino 10y ago
I get emails most days (5 out of 7) from recruiters. They're mostly bots, but if you put your resume on the wrong site, you get on a series of lists, and can't get off of them.
- mundo 10y ago
  Agreed. I also made the mistake of uploading a resume with a phone number to Dice, and for about a month I was getting at least one cold-call per day.
justinlardinois 10y ago
> I've never once gotten an unsolicited job offer (in other words, reply back and the job is yours, sight unseen) out of the blue No one does. He meant that some people get spammed daily with interview offers, which are no less annoying when the jobs aren't interesting.
pavel_lishin 10y ago
"job offer" is in quotes because it's usually an offer to interview, but it's phrased in extremely glowing letters. (Usually referring to your X years of expertise in a language you've never used that's only been out for X-2 years.)

walrus01 10y ago

Haeeelooo sir, we are to be recruiting for very senior position of Windows NT4 administratrator in Moldova. Compensations is excellent. Pelase to be replying as quickly as possible like and many good feelings shall be had.

wiseleo 10y ago
That would be a fun role to try to fill. I still support NT in embedded systems. Remembering all the workarounds for ancient UI is fun!

mundo 10y ago

We have URGENT need for Testing Automations in Hoboken NEW JERSEY! Please respond!