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I wonder how useful this actually is. Since I like my current, remote-based job, I have tried to signal to recruiters that I'm not interested. In the "Advice f

by ytjohn 10y ago

I wonder how useful this actually is. Since I like my current, remote-based job, I have tried to signal to recruiters that I'm not interested. In the "Advice for Contacting" section, I state: "I am currently satisfied in my current job and am not actively looking. I am not interested in positions that would require relocation. I would only be interested in positions that allow for remote work, preferably with an predominantly remote-based team." I figure this says no while still leaving a window open for any other remote based jobs. But that gets ignored and I still get all sorts of recruiter spam sent my way through linkedin. I am pretty sure that even if I outright stated "do not contact me with employment opportunities", I would still receive quite a bit. Now, if I was looking, I'd have a different advice there and I wouldn't call it "recruiter spam". It hardly seems that recruiters need an invitation to send you opportunities, and difficult to discourage them.

splintercell 10y ago
I used this feature and recently landed a job. I'd say I love this feature. My main problem has been that I don't get nearly that many recruiters approaching(when I am actively looking for a job) as many as my peers claim they get. I don't really understand it. Then I turned this feature on, and my job search became easier. I got plenty of recruiters reaching out to me regarding jobs (I went from 1-2 a week to 2-3 a day). I'm assuming that it improves the signal to noise ratio. If everybody started to use this feature, recruiters would target better and people who do not want to be approached by recruiters at that point in time, will get less of those mails.
collyw 10y ago
Yes, but we are in a high demand field. Our marketing department got 150 applicants or something for a job they posted. We got two in the IT dept.
T-hawk 10y ago
Recruiting works like any other sales job. You just keep ignoring any "no"s in the way (such as "don't contact me") because that's how you get to a yes.

by ytjohn 10y ago

splintercell 10y ago

I used this feature and recently landed a job. I'd say I love this feature. My main problem has been that I don't get nearly that many recruiters approaching(when I am actively looking for a job) as many as my peers claim they get. I don't really understand it. Then I turned this feature on, and my job search became easier. I got plenty of recruiters reaching out to me regarding jobs (I went from 1-2 a week to 2-3 a day). I'm assuming that it improves the signal to noise ratio. If everybody started to use this feature, recruiters would target better and people who do not want to be approached by recruiters at that point in time, will get less of those mails.

collyw 10y ago

Yes, but we are in a high demand field. Our marketing department got 150 applicants or something for a job they posted. We got two in the IT dept.

T-hawk 10y ago

Recruiting works like any other sales job. You just keep ignoring any "no"s in the way (such as "don't contact me") because that's how you get to a yes.