I think there is a better middle ground. > you don’t want to be a jerk to the one in 100 who have taken the time to carefully craft a high quality message to

I think there is a better middle ground. > you don’t want to be a jerk to the one in 100 who have taken the time to carefully craft a high quality message to you alone. I agree with this. If I get the sense the recruiter put effort into the email, then I will usually respond. I'm sure I still fall for automated messages with this. But some recruiters really do their homework, really research you, have interesting and fitting opportunities, and can be valuable. The 99.99% of recruiters who are just spamming? Totally ignore them.