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I get between 30 and 50 a month and all I really did was setup a linked in profile.

by sqeaky 10y ago

ryandrake 10y ago
Incredible--would you mind sending me your LI profile (privately of course, email in my HN profile)? I'd love to see an example of a profile that generates that much interest, even if it's mostly low signal.
- yareally 10y ago
  Maybe I am mistaken, but I thought that much recruiter interest on linked in is pretty typical. I live in the Mid Western United States and what was previously mentioned is also true here from my observations. Most of it comes down to having the right keywords and tags I believe. Having .net/java/mobile in your profile nets a lot of messages where I am. Words like Scala/Python/Node/Ruby/etc gets you a bit more. 80% of it is for jobs within the surrounding city, 10% for within the state and 10% out of state. That said, most of these jobs you could also find without the recruiters as well, but sometimes ones from internal recruiters (and if you're lucky a developer/dev manager) are useful.
  - ryandrake 10y ago
    Interesting. I suppose if I were to ever get 20+ recruiter contacts per month I would retract my previous comment about replying to each of them being cheap time-wise. Admittedly, I'm not in the market for a developer position, and I deliberately down-play my development experience in my profile, which probably reduces my contact count substantially. I should conduct an experiment wherein I stuff my resume and LinkedIn profile with programming languages and framework keywords for a month and record whether it has an effect on recruitment volume. I suspect it would.
    - yareally 10y ago
      Another interesting bit I've noticed is coworkers getting some of the same recruiter spam from the same recruiter. Seems some of them just blast everyone working for a particular company and hope to get a reply.
- stale2002 10y ago
  It's honestly not that incredible. Just follow all the guidelines that LinkedIn gives you, so that your profile is an "all-star" and make sure you have a bunch of connections (500+). An email a day is fairly normal at least for SF engineers.
- sean2 10y ago
  I think location is very important with these sorts of profiles. I'm on linked-in, Indeed and career builder. I normally get nearly zero recruiter emails, but late last year I changed my location preferences on Indeed and/or Career builder (I don't remember) from my hometown to Washington DC and suddenly I was deluged with the 20+ recruiter emails per month; more right after I update something on my profile. Strangely, 1/2 of the emails are for locations far away from DC. I might try changing my preferences to San Jose and see how many more I get. My "profile" is pretty much just my resume. Experience seems to be another important factor.
galfarragem 10y ago
> all i really did was setup a linkedin profile AND work on IT. As an housing architect I received zero offers from recruiters despite having relevant experience. By the other hand I have been contacted several times by IT recruiters once I listed there (irrelevant) IT side projects. Resuming: it's not you, it's IT..
autokad 10y ago
can you send me the link to your profile, i'd like to increase the interest on mine

I get between 30 and 50 a month and all I really did was setup a linked in profile.

by sqeaky 10y ago

I get between 30 and 50 a month and all I really did was setup a linked in profile.

Incredible--would you mind sending me your LI profile (privately of course, email in my HN profile)? I'd love to see an example of a profile that generates that much interest, even if it's mostly low signal.

yareally 10y ago
Maybe I am mistaken, but I thought that much recruiter interest on linked in is pretty typical. I live in the Mid Western United States and what was previously mentioned is also true here from my observations. Most of it comes down to having the right keywords and tags I believe. Having .net/java/mobile in your profile nets a lot of messages where I am. Words like Scala/Python/Node/Ruby/etc gets you a bit more. 80% of it is for jobs within the surrounding city, 10% for within the state and 10% out of state. That said, most of these jobs you could also find without the recruiters as well, but sometimes ones from internal recruiters (and if you're lucky a developer/dev manager) are useful.
- ryandrake 10y ago
  Interesting. I suppose if I were to ever get 20+ recruiter contacts per month I would retract my previous comment about replying to each of them being cheap time-wise. Admittedly, I'm not in the market for a developer position, and I deliberately down-play my development experience in my profile, which probably reduces my contact count substantially. I should conduct an experiment wherein I stuff my resume and LinkedIn profile with programming languages and framework keywords for a month and record whether it has an effect on recruitment volume. I suspect it would.
  - yareally 10y ago
    Another interesting bit I've noticed is coworkers getting some of the same recruiter spam from the same recruiter. Seems some of them just blast everyone working for a particular company and hope to get a reply.
stale2002 10y ago
It's honestly not that incredible. Just follow all the guidelines that LinkedIn gives you, so that your profile is an "all-star" and make sure you have a bunch of connections (500+). An email a day is fairly normal at least for SF engineers.
sean2 10y ago
I think location is very important with these sorts of profiles. I'm on linked-in, Indeed and career builder. I normally get nearly zero recruiter emails, but late last year I changed my location preferences on Indeed and/or Career builder (I don't remember) from my hometown to Washington DC and suddenly I was deluged with the 20+ recruiter emails per month; more right after I update something on my profile. Strangely, 1/2 of the emails are for locations far away from DC. I might try changing my preferences to San Jose and see how many more I get. My "profile" is pretty much just my resume. Experience seems to be another important factor.

galfarragem 10y ago

> all i really did was setup a linkedin profile AND work on IT. As an housing architect I received zero offers from recruiters despite having relevant experience. By the other hand I have been contacted several times by IT recruiters once I listed there (irrelevant) IT side projects. Resuming: it's not you, it's IT..

autokad 10y ago

can you send me the link to your profile, i'd like to increase the interest on mine