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Are the recruiters targeting YOU specifically or are they just taking the spray-and-pray approach reaching out to everyone who fits certain keywords?

• brandall10 5y ago
  Most refer to specific aspects of my experience, some specifically referencing my current role (ie. they've read my LI, which also clearly shows my grad date)... some are spray and pray. Probably 80% of things that come my way are applicable to what I do both in skillset and title (Lead/principal/staff/director roles). Does it matter? If there is some way that recruiters are filtering based on age, my age is clearly discernable.
  • nitrogen 5y ago
    At least some of these are auto-filled templates with scraped data -- I got one where "I was really impressed by your experience at ." -- yes, just a space and a period. Probably slightly modified from the defaults provided by a hiring CRM platform. You can tell the ones that really are different, because they mention something a scraper or AI wouldn't figure out.
    • brandall10 5y ago
      Point still is if they're filtering by age, they can do that, and they're not doing it in my case. I mean, I'm sure there's probably some of that, but not in any material way that I even have a hint of age discrimination thrown in my direction.
• oriolid 5y ago
  Even if they're taking the spray-and-pray approach, it certainly doesn't look like they'd be filtering for age. To compare, I'm 43, not even a tech lead and I've received more recruiter contacts over last couple of years than the 20 years before. Many of them were even somewhat relevant to my work experience.